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Mention of the Day (MOTD)
Oct 12, 2021
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quilt with the names of 5,000 Black people who were lynched between 1865 and 1965. By artist April Shipp. Photo by: Lauren Edwards Fox 17

Strange Fruit MOTD: “‘The people on my quilt didn’t get funerals’: 10-ft quilt at ArtPrize honors victims of lynching"

"‘They were lynched. They were murdered. They were shot. So, I want [viewers] to look at it as memorial for ppl who have been murdered in this most horrific way,’ says April Shipp. Her quilt ‘Strange Fruit: A Century of Lynching & Murder’ is on display at the Grand Rapids African American Museum and Archives.”

See the quilt and learn more at: https://www.fox17online.com/homepage-showcase/the-people-on-my-quilt-di…

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