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Reverand William Howe Donaldson
Picture of Reverand William Howe (W.H.) Donaldson, long-time pastor of Salem Baptist Church.
How "Qualified" do WE have to be?
A picket protests the lack of black employees at the downtown Champaign J.C. Penney store in 1961.
Local quilt-makers featured in "Covering Our Heritage"
Images of local quilt-makers whose quilts were featured in the Spring 1994 Krannert Art Museum exhibit "Covering Our Heritage." Photoed include: Luvata Bowles, Mary Louise McCoy, Pauline Gates Pelmore, Mamie Smith, Maudie Edwards, and Emma Brant
Applique quilt pieced by Landau Cannon Butler; quilted years later by Mary Avant and often at Douglas Annex, Champaign Park District
Quilt displayed as part of Krannert Art Museum exhibit on African-American quilting in Champaign-Urbana. Exhibit took place in Spring 1994.
Opening of "Covering Our Heritage" exhibit at Krannert Art Museum.
"Covering Our Heritage" was an exhibit that took place at Krannert Art Museum in Spring 1994 and featured local African-American quilt-makers. In these images from the exhibit opening: Roger Cooper gives a dramatic reading; Rosemary Cooper introduced…
Unquilted top by Landau Cannon Butler and Hattie Fry (left) and Mary Louise McCoy work (right)
Quilt displayed as part of Krannert Art Museum exhibit on African-American quilting in Champaign-Urbana. Exhibit took place in Spring 1994.
Mary Avant work (left) and Luvata Bowles work (right)
Quilt displayed as part of Krannert Art Museum exhibit on African-American quilting in Champaign-Urbana. Exhibit took place in Spring 1994.
(left) Unquilted top by Mamie Smith and (right) Pauline G. Pelmore work
Quilt displayed as part of Krannert Art Museum exhibit on African-American quilting in Champaign-Urbana. Exhibit took place in Spring 1994.