Powerful Quilted History

Carolyn Williams, curator of the Quilted History Museum near El Dorado Arkansas, shared her family history from times of slavery, using quilts and other artifacts to illustrate her talk. "So much of Black people's history is told through quilts," she says. In 1999 she founded The Quilted History, an organization dedicated for the sole purpose of educating everyone that she could about the history of people of color. She created a traveling exhibit of artifacts and historical items found on the very land that her ancestors were slaves and well as historical items from northern LA. The Quilted Historical has traveled across the United States and is highly acclaimed and recommended as a must-see exhibit by those individuals who have had the opportunity to view this powerful and moving exhibit. On Saturday March 26, 2022, from family slave documents, shackles and items made by slaves are all a part of this exhibit. Carolyn shared the history of how quilts were used to send messages along the Underground railroad and as the personal quest of her family journey to freedom. She shared her family belief that theirs and her faith has been and still is the reason for their arrival thus far at the Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum in Monroe LA.

Photo Women's Month 2-When the slaves couldn't sing, they used quilts to send messages pictured Joyce Powell and Quilted Historian Carolyn Williams.

Photo Women's Month 3- Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum Board and Executive Director with Quilted Historian l to r Dr. Leonard Clark, Joyce Powell, special guest Carolyn Williams and Ross Slacks.

Photo Women's Month 4-Among those in attendance were mesmerized in our history, with shocking revelations of Slavery's Inhumane Humanity.