Items

• Trayvon IV
  This quilt is called Trayvon IV. In 2018, the creator, Cassandra Gunkel was moved to remember the black child murdered in Florida on his way to buy skittles. Like our president, Martin's murder hit Ms. Gunkel hard. She needed to lift him up for public viewing as the child that he was. The quilt was juried into a national exhibition, and selected by Alison Saar as the face of an international print competition in NYC in 2019. It has travelled to all corners of our country since its birth. The quilt is a 9 block Applique quilt. Each block uses a variety of denim fabric to create the shape of a hooded face. Each face is block printed with the same eyes, nose and mouth. The quilt is 40 by 52 inches.
• Correspondence for Bill Leslie
  Bill Leslie’s urgent letter to members of the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts provides a slight glimpse into the finances of the Clef Club at a specific period of time.
• National Honor Society news clippings
  A 1938 news clipping about Georgine E. Upshur being nominated and elected to the honor society at the Philadelphia High School for Girls. Upshur was the second colored girl in the school's history to be nominated.