Estelle Abrams Witherspoon (January 20, 1916 – December 24, 1998)[1] was an American artist and civil rights activist. She was a founding member and longtime manager of the Freedom Quilting Bee, and is associated with the Gee's Bend quilting group, alongside her mother, Willie "Ma Willie" Abrams.[2][3][4][5] She participated in the march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, alongside Lucy Mingo.[6] She was arrested in 1971 for participating in an un-permitted march for school desegregation.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Freedom Quilting Bee: Estelle Witherspoon Obituary". www.ruraldevelopment.org. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  2. ↑ Callahan, Nancy (2005-04-17). The Freedom Quilting Bee: Folk Art and the Civil Rights Movement. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 9780817352479.
  3. 1 2 "Estelle Witherspoon | Souls Grown Deep Foundation". www.soulsgrowndeep.org. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  4. ↑ Glanton, Dahleen (1997-11-11). "NURTURED BY THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, THE ONCE-THRIVING FREEDOM QUILTING BEE NOW IS COMING APART AT THE SEAMS". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  5. ↑ Callahan, Nancy (2015-04-24). "Freedom Quilting Bee". Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  6. ↑ Beardsley, John; Arnett, William; Arnett, Paul; Livingston, Jane (2002). Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts. Tinwood Books. p. 33. ISBN 9780971910409.


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