Artwork

Juneteenth: Celebrated Since 1866

Regina Abernathy

Know the Date

Regina Abernathy

"I am an artist who loves color. I enjoy using cotton, appliqué, Angelina, tool, and especially African Fabric or fabric with African designs and symbols. I usually focus on finding a way to use fabric to convey the stories and history of African Americans that are seldom told."

Juneteenth

Alfreda D. Barnes

Winnie: A young Slave Girl

Priscilla Bradley

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"I enjoy creating dolls and quilts which explore the various stories of the African American past and present. These stories ensure that the untold history of the African Americans will be past on to future generations."

Freedom Day

Norene Brown

Black and Proud

Doressa Carlton

Celebrating Our Freedom

Laura M. Croom

Freedom?

Norma J. Dixon

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"Freedom is a powerful word. Freedom mean the right to make choice, free of bias, equal access to housing, food, education, employment and health care. When we have justice, unity, love, and respect for all future generations. Then we will not question FREEDOM."

Freed at Last — June 19, 1865: History Remembered

Jacqueline Dukes

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"My quilt is influenced by the Juneteenth flag that was designed about twenty years ago. It flies during the festivities associated with the day that commemorates the end of slavery in Texas The red, white and blue colors are reminders that we too are Americans. The star has long been a symbol that has guided our paths to freedom. It reminds us that our dreams and hopes can be realized if we aim high. The three figures represent my granddaughters, and the strong women of our family. Each generation teaches the next one, in order to share important moments with others. Hopefully they flourish within their own times, while learning more about our past."

Free to Marry

Barbara Eady

Juneteenth

Gloria Kellon

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"My purpose in creating this quilt was to implant a picture of Galveston, Texas in 1865 and set the scene of the day Union General Gordon Granger announced the Emancipation Proclamation which freed 200,000 enslaved living in and around this area at the time. There were many federal troops to enforce the laws. Local people, men predominantly, some children, and enslaved gathered in this port city in front of Aston Villa to hear the message. There was much excitement about this big change. Texas finally told their enslaved that they were free."