National African American Quilt Guild!

 

Dr. Tony Jean Dickerson made 10 postcards that were donated to the Harriet Tubman Museum’s “We Walk with Harriet” movement. These three depict Harriet Tubman, the map of her 116 mile trek, and the muster of her 2x great grandfather Jim Shanklin a Private in the Union Army from Kentucky.

Find the full article about the inaugural National African American Quilt Guild, in which several Akoma Ntoso members are 2021 founding members, in the link below!

https://afro.com/national-african-american-quilt-guild-convention-honoring-the-art-and-history-of-quilt-making/?fbclid=IwAR04oruOot3v8pqRzpCsYr1WXdwaAz4xBEaVikTZZrTuc-xM7M3Xjz3e9hI