Sankofa: Lessons Learned - March 1-30, 2011
Sankofa: Lessons Learned
March 1-30, 2011
Quilt Exhibit
This exhibit is comprised of sixteen quilts by Marla Jackson, a distinguished local quilter. Each quilt represents women as they move through their lives, learning the lessons of joy, loss, family, and love.
One of eight children born to Fern Eaton Crum and Rufus Crum Jr., originally from Royal Oak Township (a suburb of Detroit, Michigan), Marla spent many weekends and summers with her paternal grandparents, Rufus and Zelma Crum and her once enslaved great grandmother, Lucille Crum. Marla’s artistic direction was influenced by her family’s stories, and her quilts depict scenes and themes that capture the pride, spirit, pain and joy of the African American experience.
Her primary goal with her work is to echo the untold stories of heroes that history has overlooked, forgotten, or hidden.
Photos courtesy of Marla Jackson
Presented by the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence and Research and the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site as part of the 2010-2011 program series, Commemorating Our Nation's Struggle for Freedom: From Civil War to Civil Rights.
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