THE QUILT featured in this exhibition was created by University of Kansas employees to illustrate the development of African American leadership through the convergence of religion, education and community in the lives of each individual represented in the exhibition. Images from the Kansas Collection depicted in the quilt are: Second Baptist Church of Pratt, Kansas, George Williams Collection (top); First grade, Washington School, Topeka, Kansas, 1956, Joe Douglas Collection (left); State Representative Clarence Love, Topeka, Kansas, 1970s, Clarence Love Collection (right); Boy Scouts, Phyllis Wheatley Center, Topeka, Kansas, 1930s, Joe Thompson Collection; Ladies Progressive Reading and Art Club, Junction City, Kansas, 1914, Joseph J. Pennell Collection (bottom). The KU staff are Meg Brown, Libraries; Kristin Eshelman, Libraries; Tracy Floreani, Department of English; and Cindy Pierard, Libraries.
