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		<title>The Power of a Book: the Dissemination of the Idea of the Secret Quilt Code</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2011/03/01/the-power-of-a-book-the-dissemination-of-the-idea-of-the-secret-quilt-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patricia Cummings, autumn 2010. photo by James Cummings Unlike another quilt historian, Leigh Fellner, I did not throw the book Hidden in Plain View across the room when I was first reading it. Rather, I was intrigued or perhaps mystified at the amount of misinformation, faulty and illogical conclusions and misleading associations contained therein. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unusual &#8220;Mammy&#8221; Quilt Found in TX</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A reader has sent some photos of her recently-acquired &#8220;Mammy&#8221; quilt found to purchase in an antiques mall in Texas. The quilt is full-size and features a &#8220;Mammy&#8221; image on each block. All the sashed blocks are set &#8220;on point,&#8221; are signed with a first name only, and each &#8220;Mammy&#8221; has teeth showing, a seemingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black History Month</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2010/02/04/black-history-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[February is Black History Month. This year, so far, I have not heard one person try to state once again that the so-called Secret Quilt Code is fact, not the fictional story that it, indeed, is. Has America come to its senses? One can only hope so. Just as escaping slaves wanted to hop on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jubilee: The Emergence of African-American Culture &#8211; the Book</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/11/04/jubilee-the-emergence-of-african-american-culture-the-book-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The quilt block images on the cover of this book, Jubilee, are derived from a highly-valued, African-American made quilt that is now owned by the Slave Relics Museum. The Slave Relics Museum is located at 208 Carn St., Walterboro, SC 29488; telephone: (843) 549-9130. An African-American made quilt, formerly owned by Mr. Polk who died [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Golliwog Doll and Quilt: A Fun Story or Racial Prejudice?</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/10/24/golliwog-doll-and-quilt-a-fun-story-or-racial-prejudice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been aware of the Gollywog doll and its history for a number of years now. My doll was ordered from England, where they are still made and are popular, apparently. At the time I sent for one, I did not realize that there were any racial slurs attached to it. I&#8217;m not sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Charleston Code?&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very important presentation will be given by Raymond Dobard, Jr., Ph.D. of Howard University on October 27, 2009 at 7 p.m. at the Calvert Library, Prince Frederick, Maryland. Again, he will be addressing the &#8220;secret quilt code,&#8221; the theme of his 1999 book, Hidden in Plain View, a book that has been highly disputed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Textbook Features Photo by James Cummings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The UPS truck pulled up in front of the house, and I merrily opened the door, thinking that perhaps my new sneakers had arrived, although I would have been surprised at 2nd day delivery. Instead, the truck driver handed me a heavy package from Bob Jones University Press. Hurriedly, but carefully, I opened the package, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>QUILTERS OF GEE’S BEND &amp; WINDHAM FABRICS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/09/23/quilters-of-gee%e2%80%99s-bend-windham-fabrics-announce-partnership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Four Quilt Kits and 19 Solid Fabrics Available at Retailers Worldwide in November 2009 GEE’S BEND, AL – (September 23, 2009) – Just in time for the holiday season Gee’s Bend and Baum Textiles/Windham Fabrics announce a partnership to present four quilt kits and 19 Gee’s Bend solids. The kits and solids [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review: This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers&#8217; Bible Quilt and Other Pieces</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/07/06/book-review-this-i-accomplish-harriet-powers-bible-quilt-and-other-pieces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Book cover of &#8220;This I Accomplish &#8230;&#8221; This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers&#8217; Bible Quilt and Other Pieces by Kyra E. Hicks (Black Threads Press, 2009) is a hot-off-the-press, 180 page book. Bill Gaskins wrote the Foreword. The author chronicles activities surrounding the quilts of Harriet Powers (1837-1910), a former Georgia slave. The two appliquéd quilts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sisters in Stitches</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/06/13/sisters-in-stitches/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I stumbled across the &#8220;Sisters In Stitches&#8221; website. This is the web presence for the only African-American Quilting Guild in New England. We attended several of their shows, in the past, and were not disappointed. They have another one coming up this year, in Roxbury. The details are available on their website. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underground Railroad and Quilts &#8211; Information Found Online</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, I was pleasantly pleased to learn that an article I had written for The Quilter magazine, entitled, &#8220;An American Quilt Myth? The Secret Code of the Underground Railroad&#8221; by Patricia L. Cummings, (NJ: All-American Crafts Publishing, Inc., 2004,) 72-75, was cited in a 748 page book titled, Encyclopedia of Slave Resistance and Rebellion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quilters&#8217; S.O.S. -Save Our Stories &#8211; Interviews 50 Quiltmakers about their Obama Quilts</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/05/02/quilters-sos-save-our-stories-interviews-50-quiltmakers-about-their-obama-quilts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2009 23:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release “Living the Dream,” by Diana Bracy Asheville, North Carolina, April 28, 2009 &#8211; More than 50 quiltmakers inspired by President Obama have been interviewed for Quilters&#8217; S.O.S. &#8211; Save Our Stories, an oral history project for the Alliance for American Quilts. Throughout the presidential campaign, Karen Musgrave, volunteer and co-chair [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;New Book Examines Black Quilts &#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://quiltersmuse.com/blog/2009/03/14/new-book-examines-black-quilts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patricia Turner&#8217;s new book, Crafted Lives: Stories and Studies of African American Quilters has just been published, according to UCDavis New Service. Information is offered under the press release title, &#8220;New Book Examines Black Quilts From Slavery to the White House.&#8221; An Obama quilt adds charm to the written overview of the book. The author [...]]]></description>
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