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Hystercine Rankin (1929-2010) was taught to quilt by her grandmother, who she went to live with as a preteen after the murder of her father. Co-founder of the Crossroads Quilters collective, Rankin was a renowned fiber artist who influenced many Mississippi artists with both her utilitarian and narrative works

Representative work:
Memories of My Father’s Death

Cotton
78” x 94”
1989

More info:
https://mississippifolklife.org/exhibits/hystercine-rankin

Photo credit: MDAH

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The embroidered text on this quilt is too long for alt -

On April 2, 1939 at 8 o'clock Farrel [sic] Humphrey kill my father Denver Gray age 33 on Highway 28 near Union Church, Mississippi as long as I live I will never forget that morning. He went out to the spring to get a bucket of water, but he didn't wait to get the water, as I went to dip(?) the water, I heard the 4 shots that killed my father. Wasn't nothing did about it they didn't even arrest him.

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As I came back to the house Farrel [sic] Humphrey's son was standing in front of the steps, he said Laula if you want Denver he is in the middle of the road. Mother said lord have mercy, she didn't have any one [sic]to go and pick him up. He stayed there until a log truck came and picked him up and brought him to the house. Mother buried him the next day. Blacks was afraid to come to the funeral.

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My Father Left 8 Children.


Earnestine Gray 12

Juanita Gray 11

Hystercine Gray 10

Garie Gray 8

Vera Gray 6

Walter Gray 4

Wilbert Gray 2

Lovie Gray 6wks