Annie Mae Young

Annie Mae Young (1928–2013) bụ onye omenkà America jikọtara ya na ndị otu quilters Gee's Bend .  Nwa ya nwanyị, Nellie Mae Abrams, bụkwa onye na-agba ume. 

 Ndụ mbido 
Amụrụ na 1928 na Alberta, Alabama, Young bụ otu n'ime ụmụaka iri na abụọ mụrụ Lula na Albert Pettway. Albert Pettway tolitere owu, ọka, peas, poteto dị ụtọ, na okpete sorghum. Onye na-eto eto na nne ya na-arụkọ ọrụ n'ụlọ na-esi nri, na-ehicha ihe, ma ọ bụ na-elekọta ubi nke aka ha. Na-eto eto gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ruo na 7th grade. Ụlọ akwụkwọ ya na ụmụnne ya gara dị kilomita asatọ site n'ụlọ ha ma chọọ ka ha jiri ụkwụ na-agbasi mbọ ike n'ụzọ ahụ dum. Young malitere ịla n'iyi mgbe ọ dị ihe dị ka afọ 13, mgbe nna ya butere akwa akwa na Camden. Young lụrụ Lucius Young mgbe ọ dị afọ 16, ha mụtakwara ụmụ itoolu. Lucius nwụrụ n'ihe mberede ụgbọ ala na 1970. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, Young malitere isi nri na ịrụ ọrụ ụlọ maka ezinụlọ ndị ọcha na Gastonburg, Alabama. 
 Ọrụ 
Young abanyeghị na Freedom Quilting Bee n'ihi na, n'okwu ya, "Mgbe ha meghere aṅụ na-ekpo ọkụ n'ebe ahụ, ha achọghị ụdị ịkwa akwa na ịkwanye m na-eme, ihe ha na-eme adịghịkwa amasị m. kwesịrị ime ihe dị oke mkpa, kpachapụ anya, ọtụtụ obere ngọngọ, yabụ enweghị m ihe jikọrọ ya na ha. "Annie Mae Young | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2019-06-11.

Na 1997, foto nke Young's Strip Medallion quilt, ugbu a na nchịkọta nke Metropolitan Museum of Art, duuru onye ọkọ akụkọ ihe mere eme bụ William Arnett ịmalite ịnakọta ọrụ nke quilters site na Gee's Bend ( Boykin, Alabama ).  Arnett nyeere aka guzobe quilters na mba ogbo.

N'afọ 2006, Blocks na Strips ya pụtara na stampụ ọrụ nzi ozi US dịka akụkụ nke usoro na-echeta Gee's Bend quilters.  Ọrụ ya gụnyere na nchịkọta nke Metropolitan Museum of Art, Houston Museum of Fine Arts,  Seattle Art Museum,  na High Museum of Art . 

 Mgbe e mesịrị ndụ 
N'afọ 2007, Young boro William Arnett na nwa ya nwoke ebubo na ha anaghị akwụghachi ya ụgwọ maka ire ere ya na mmepụta ihe oyiyi nke ihe mkpuchi ya.  Ọ gbara akwụkwọ n'ụlọikpe megide ndị ọzọ dị iche iche na-achọ òkè nke uru ha nwetara n'aka ụlọ ọrụ mkpuchi.  N'afọ 2008, onye ọka iwu maka Young kwuru na "e doziela ikpe ndị ahụ". 

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