Eileen Edwards's guest appearances

Eileen Edwards

The Gist of Freedom   Preserving American History through Black Literature . . .

Oh, the People We'll Meet!

Cory Booker

Lisa Whittle

Russell Simmons

Frederick Douglass

Paul Robeson

Eric Garner

Mike Brown

Emmanuel Jal

Walter Mosley

John Brown

Marcus Garvey

Jim Crow

Robert Smalls

David Walker

Yusef Salaam

OwlTail

Meet Eileen.  When it seems like train after train of life leaves station and you are still on the platform, how do you cope?  Find out how Eileen turned life's discouragements into contentment.Stephanie Richardsonwww.funfitmom.com@funfitmom

Meet Eileen.  When it seems like train after train of life leaves station and you are still on the platform, how do you cope?  Find out how Eileen turned life's discouragements into contentment. Stephanie Richardson <a href="http://www.funfitmom.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.funfitmom.com</a> @funfitmom

Ghana, The Underground Railroad, Adinkra Symbols Quilts with Eileen Edwards Join Lesley Gist on The Gist of Freedom www.blackhistoryblog.comAfrican textile motifs and indigenous writing symbols were integrated into African American quilts. Writing systems such as vai (Liberia) and nsibidi (Nigeria) converged with adinkra  symbols (Ghana), nkisi charms(Congo) adire patterns (Yoruba) and kuba designs (Congo).  "Geometric patterns, abstract designs, strip piecing, bold colors and distinctive stitches" were some of the elements of encoding. Various African- derived secret codes were embedded in the designs.The quilts were  at the center of the resistance  movement associated with  the underground movement in the resistance against enslavement. Four editions of William Still's Book The Underground RailroadStill Family reprint of William Still's Underground Railroad book with Francine Still-Hicks Art Work on the Cover.By the early 1800s, the Still family was firmly established in southern New Jersey, particularly in the area that became Lawnside, a hamlet neighboring Haddonfield.Lawnside was incorporated in 1926; it is believed to be the first self-governing, overwhelmingly African-American town in the North. It remains 94 percent African-American and full of Stills—perhaps as many as 100 members of the extended family.Last summer marked the 146th Still reunion—William Still the youngest of Charity and Levin Still's eighteen children was the Black abolitionist from Philadelphia who was described by the New York Times as William Still - known as the Father of the Underground Railroad - who, even in the 19th century embodied these modern feats. He commissioned Harriet Tubman's rescue missions. Still literally wrote the Underground Railroad book.

Ghana, The Underground Railroad, Adinkra Symbols Quilts with Eileen Edwards  Join Lesley Gist on The Gist of Freedom <a href="http://www.blackhistoryblog.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.blackhistoryblog.com</a> African textile motifs and indigenous writing symbols were integrated into African American quilts. Writing systems such as vai (Liberia) and nsibidi (Nigeria) converged with adinkra  symbols (Ghana), nkisi charms(Congo) adire patterns (Yoruba) and kuba designs (Congo).  "Geometric patterns, abstract designs, strip piecing, bold colors and distinctive stitches" were some of the elements of encoding. Various African- derived secret codes were embedded in the designs.The quilts were  at the center of the resistance  movement associated with  the underground movement in the resistance against enslavement.  Four editions of William Still's Book The Underground Railroad Still Family reprint of William Still's Underground Railroad book with Francine Still-Hicks Art Work on the Cover. By the early 1800s, the Still family was firmly established in southern New Jersey, particularly in the area that became Lawnside, a hamlet neighboring Haddonfield. Lawnside was incorporated in 1926; it is believed to be the first self-governing, overwhelmingly African-American town in the North. It remains 94 percent African-American and full of Stills—perhaps as many as 100 members of the extended family. Last summer marked the 146th Still reunion— William Still the youngest of Charity and Levin Still's eighteen children was the Black abolitionist from Philadelphia who was described by the New York Times as William Still - known as the Father of the Underground Railroad - who, even in the 19th century embodied these modern feats. He commissioned Harriet Tubman's rescue missions. Still literally wrote the Underground Railroad book.

Ghana, The Underground Railroad, Adinkra Symbols Quilts with Eileen Edwards