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Dr. J. Janice Coleman (1962-) has been quoted as saying “I think I started sewing quilts in the womb,” because she grew up in a rural Mississippi community surrounded by quilters. An English professor, Coleman’s work often features cotton sacks, Mississippi natives and literary themes

Representative work:
Is This America? The Fannie Lou Hamer Quilt
Cotton
Unknown
2024

More info:
https://www.magnolialiteracyproject.org/post/the-beloved-quilt-remembering-toni-morrison

Photo credit: Rooted Magazine

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