Sowing Truth and Justice Quilt presented to Stacey Abrams
date: label: Date
content: 2020
name: label: Created by
content: Sowing Truth and Justice Collective, American, founded 2018
label: Subject of
content: Stacey Y. Abrams, American, born 1973
label: Subject of
content: Stacey Abrams for Governor, American, founded 2018
notes: label: Description
content: A multicolored cotton quilt sewn for Stacey Abrams by the Sowing Truth and Justice Collective of Northeast Georgia.
label: Description
content: Following Abrams’s loss to Brian Kemp in the 2018 Gubernatorial race for Georgia, the six-member Sewing Truth and Justice Collective, created this quilt out of love and solidarity for Stacy Abrams, and in honor of her ongoing fight for fair elections. The front of the quilt is made of a dark blue background. In the middle, below the white threaded words “SOWING TRUTH AND JUSTICE” are multi-colored quilt patched depicting ballot boxes. White thread stars dot the dark blue background below the ballot patches. The hemming and inner border all round the quilt is made up of large multi-colored and multi-patterned squares. The reverse of the quilt is primarily grey with swirling white dots. In one corner there is a triangular pocket, on top of which is sewn a white square of muslin. Embroidered on the muslin in black thread is: [Sewn for Stacey Abrams / by the / Sowing Truth and Justice Collective / of Northeast Georgia / 2020].
place: label: Place made
content: Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Activism
label: Topic
content: American South
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Politics
label: Topic
content: Suffrage
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 2001-
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Courtesy of Stacey Y. Abrams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.6.26
objectType: label: Type
content: quilts
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sowing Truth and Justice Collective
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cotton with batting and thread
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 73 7/16 × 57 7/8 in. (186.5 × 147 cm)