The preview evening features a panel of four local quilting experts: Suzie Freeze, Joyce Turner, Yvonne Jolley and Sally Fry, and guests will have the opportunity to ask them about their expertise and quilting experiences.
Northeast Louisiana Delta African American Heritage Museum, welcomes Carolyn Smith-Williams.<br/>
Carolyn Smith-Williams, born in Strong, AR. Attended Gardner High School in Strong. She is an Alumni of AM&N in Pine Bluff, AR. She is retired from the United States Navy. In 1999 she founded The Quilted History, an organization dedicated for the sole purpose of educating everyone that she could about the history of people of color.<br/><br/>Smith-Williams created a traveling exhibit of artifacts and historical items found on the very land that her ancestors were slaves on and well as historical items from northern LA. The Quilted Historical has traveled across the United States and is highly acclaimed and recommended as a must-see exhibit by those individuals who have had the opportunity to view this powerful and moving exhibit. From family slave documents, shackles and items made by slaves are all a part of this exhibit. <br/><br/>Carolyn tells the hi