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References
- ↑ Beardsley, John; Arnett, William; Arnett, Paul; Livingston, Jane (2002). "Work Clothes". Gee's Bend: The Women and Their Quilts. Tinwood Books. p. 76. ISBN 9780971910409. OCLC 51268249 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Andrea Williams". Souls Grown Deep Foundation . Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ↑ "Philadelphia Museum of Art Expands African American Art Collection". Art & Object. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
- ↑ Wallach, Amei (2006). "The Living Legacy of Dinah the Slave". In Arnett, Paul; Cubbs, Joanne; Metcalf Jr., Eugene W. (eds.). Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt. Tinwood Books. p. 144. ISBN 9780971910478. OCLC 70919911 – via Google Books.
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