Sherida McMullan and William Byrd Wilkins Photo

From: Photo Flash: Burning Coal Theatre Co Presents GEE'S BEND

GEE'S BEND by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder is based on the true story of the quilters of Gee's Bend, Alabama, whose innovative quilts now hang in our nation's most prestigious art museums. Through family, faith, and quilting, the members of this isolated African-American community survived slavery, the Great Depression, and Jim Crow, in their journey toward becoming great American artists.