The Quilts of Gee's Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin
"The same Negroes and their descendants are upon it who tilled it as slaved," Van de Graaff wrote to a friend. The Gee's Benders continued to "work like slaves for the white people," said Loretta Pettway. p7 [regarding share-cropping]
In 1932, one of the white merchants died without leaving records of who owed what. In the fall, his widow sent henchmen to Gee's Ben to collect from the entire community. The men swept in and took everything of value... p15
She said, "I going to take his work clothes, shape them into a quilt to remember him, and cover up under it for love." p25, 27
"It was... like you walk into a room and ain't no light on, and you turn on a light in the darkness-- that's what Dr. King meant to us. He turned on a light for us." p29
In 1932, one of the white merchants died without leaving records of who owed what. In the fall, his widow sent henchmen to Gee's Ben to collect from the entire community. The men swept in and took everything of value... p15
She said, "I going to take his work clothes, shape them into a quilt to remember him, and cover up under it for love." p25, 27
"It was... like you walk into a room and ain't no light on, and you turn on a light in the darkness-- that's what Dr. King meant to us. He turned on a light for us." p29
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