Claudetta Was Arrested, Patricia A. Montgomery

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Claudetta Was Arrested, Patricia A. Montgomery
Claudetta Was Arrested, Patricia A. Montgomery
Patricia A. Montgomery
Claudetta Was Arrested
circa 2014
Patricia A. Montgomery, artist
born 1952
Claudetta Was Arrested, circa 2014
Portfolio/Series title: Tribute to Civil Rights Movement Heroines
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: cotton fabrics; stripped piecing; decorative stitches; textile thread painting; digital images; buttons
Credit line: Patricia A. Montgomery, Artist
Accession number: EL2017.021
Not on display
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Narratives of the Soul

This quilted coat represents Claudetta Colvin, a school girl who was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 2, 1955—nine months before the arrest of Rosa Parks. On February 1, 1956, Colvin was one of the four plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, a District Court case that found Montgomery’s segregated public bus system unconstitutional.

Narratives of the Soul

This quilted coat represents Claudetta Colvin, a school girl who was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 2, 1955—nine months before the arrest of Rosa Parks. On February 1, 1956, Colvin was one of the four plaintiffs in Browder v. Gayle, a District Court case that found Montgomery’s segregated public bus system unconstitutional.

Exhibitions

Narratives of the Soul
Susan Earle, curator
2017
Narratives of the Soul
Susan Earle, curator
2017