Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California wine Loyal and loveable

Loyal and loveable

which is the amazing stickers themselves

These photograms are created through the manipulation of color photographic paper onto a metal wall

The resulting paintings of Black bodies struck down

and people behind the food they eat

Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California wine Loyal and loveableThe first publication dedicated to historical African American quilts in California, Routed West traces the flow and flourishing of quilts in the context of the Second Great Migration from 1940 to 1970. As millions of African Americans sought greater economic opportunities and freedom outside of the American South, hundreds of thousands initially arrived in the Golden State. Many migrants carried quilts as functional objects and physical reminders of