A powerful new exhibit at the Chesapeake Central Library tells the stories of Black History through the art of quilting, offering visitors a unique perspective on resilience, freedom and cultural preservation.
The African American Sewcial Threaders Guild presents “A Hundred Quilts for 100 Years of Black Resilience: The Underground Railroad and Beyond,” featuring handcrafted quilts that shed light on the experiences of those who worked, protected, and helped in the Underground Railroad plus the generations that followed.
“I tried to portray where she is loosening her shackles and she’s putting on her crown to be the queen that she always was,” one quilter explained about her piece…