Palatine Library District is unveiling a new 8-by-7-foot freedom quilt that was completed in the library's makerspace, The Workshop. Members of the community came together in a big way to complete ...

Ravin Lovett created the exhibit, titled “Codes to Freedom,” to honor enslaved people who used quilts as secret maps to guide ...

Juneteenth, which commemorates June 19, 1865 — the day the last enslaved people in Texas were freed — was observed this week. But the WorldBeat Cultural Center in Balboa Park is continuing the ...

WASHINGTON — A one-day installation on the National Mall brought this year’s WorldPride theme — “the fabric of freedom” — to life, as hundreds of hand-stitched quilt panels created by trans artists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Connie Martin always knew who her ancestors were growing up. “There was a big picture of (her great-grandmother) in grandma Lizzie ...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will kick off World Pride in Washington, D.C., next month with a powerful statement elevating trans joy and resilience in the face of the current ...

Third-year in the College Justin Palmer decided to bring the Freedom Quilt Project to campus after hearing on the British Broadcasting Corporation about students’ efforts to make a freedom quilt at ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Quilter Jessie Telfair was inspired ...