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There is so much information out there. So much to enjoy. So much to LEARN! Just couldn't resist the only teacher music I could think of, TO SIR, WITH LOVE. Periodically, I'll include more links which may interest you. Thanks to Doretha and Valeria Hunter, Gwen Magee, Gloria Brown,and Kitty Dade for adding to my collection.
TIP: RIGHT CLICK on the blue underlined links, then choose OPEN NEW WINDOW in your browser to visit the linked web pages. This will eliminate the need to use the BACK button and wait for this page to reload.
Buttons are miniatures of RECORD OF A RICH HERITAGE ,Charleston Flower Lady Square [©1984, Marlene O'Bryant-Seabrook]
Do you wish to travel 5000 years into the past as a witness to the return of a precious gift to a people who had been stripped of everything? To find this empowering gift of the knowledge of who they are, their identity, click on the book 
, WHO IS RAEL? by Wayne Anthony O'Bryant, my middle son. It is a history book that reads,somewhat, like a detective story, uncovering little known facts about the history of the ancestors of the Africans who were brought to America in the Atlantic Slave Trade.
Need motivation, inspiration? Rush to Follow Your Dreams. This site has inspirational quotations on Persistence, Love, Creativity, Dreams/Aspirations, Happiness/Joy, and the Purpose of Life.
This site allows rare perusal of first person 1800's documentation of the lives of African-American women.
Are you looking for some Afrocentric products? Hop on a bus at the African-American Shopping Mall.
For an absolutely beautiful lesson on tolerance, read THE STORY OF THE COLORS.
SistaPower : Preparing Sistas For The New Millenium is a new motivating, inspirational online magazine for African American women. It features daily affirmations, an advice column, entertainment news, recommended readings, and more.
Save a trip to the newsstand (and money). Read the on-line editions of the following national magazines. Add them to your favorites (bookmark) for easy access.
Look at the painted quilts, etc. of a male African-American folk artist. I met Chris Clark at the 1994 Black Arts Festival in Atlanta and recently purchased his Sermon On The Mount quilt.
Read about FULL DECK, a full deck of 54 Art Quilts (jokers are included).
The Exhibition and book include works by Carolyn Mazloomi and Dorothy Holden. I had the wonderful experience of seeing the Exhibition during its opening at The Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery in 1994. The UNCOMMON BEAUTY IN COMMON OBJECTS Exhibition, which included one of my quilts, was there at the same time.
Are you interested in a free photo website for your work and viewing the talents of others? Visit PHOTOPOINT. If you decide to use this site, go into the USER PREFERENCE and turn off the ability to use your images for t-shirts, mugs, etc. If you do not turn this feature off -- the default is to allow everyone free use of your photos. Be sure to click on Gloria Brown to see her patterns and unique Quilters Quick Tips.
The black and white fabric on A CELEBRATION OF WOMANHOOD 
(quotes; front-female members of my family [grandmother, mother, daughter and daughters-in-law, granddaughters, aunts and cousins]; back/sleeves-Harriet Tubman, Marian Anderson, Lorraine Hansberry, and 12 other trailblazing African-American women)
is Bogolanfini, which translates as mud cloth . For information about this striking textile, including how it is dyed, you may click on my wearable quilt.
Bogolanfini, as well as some other African textiles, begins with woven strips. Click to see a colorful, informative SLIDE SHOW which presents the West African strip weaving process from the cotton field to cloth.
African Kente' cloth has been traced back to 3000 B.C. For a history of Kente', inluding a historical background and the symbolic meaning of colors, just click.
My GULLAH SERIES III: 
WHAT GOD HATH WROUGHT ©1993 pays homage to Charleston's Master Blacksmith, Philip Simmons. His photo is surrounded by cross-stitched representations of his work and appliqued tools of his trade. For more about this fascinating 94 year-old national treasure (1982 National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow), PLEASE click on the quilt for a visit to the PHILIP SIMMONS FOUNDATION.
Another one of my quilts, 
GULLAH SERIES IV:THE GALLERY ©1994, showcases photo transfers of the work of the talented young artist, Jonathan Green. Click on the quilt for a look at his vivid Gullah inspired paintings and the work of other African-American artists at GALLERY CHUMA.
Although this site may be accessed via Gwen Magee's name on my Quilters Page, I want to be certain that you do not miss this wonderful resource. QUILTETHNIC provides information about quilting/fiber related art, craft, and textile traditions of several ethnic groups.
I ended my paper[Symbiotic Stitches: The Quilts of Maggie McFarland Gillispie and John Gillispie, Jr.], published by the Anerican Quilt Study Group in UNCOVERINGS 1995, with a quote from Eliza Calvert Hall's, Aunt Jane of Kentucky :
I reckon everybody wants to leave something behind that'll last after they're dead and gone. Some folks has money to build monuments with great marble pillars... And some folks can build churches and schools and hospitals to keep folks in mind of them, but all the work I've got to leave behind me is jest these quilts, and sometime, when I'm setting here, ... , I'll finish off a block and say to myself, "Well, here's another stone for the monument."
Click here to enjoy some Quilt-related Poetry and Prose, including more of the wisdom of "Aunt Jane".
If you are looking for something visually and musically pleasing to put calm into your day, click here. PLEASE be certain to have your sound turned on as you read the words of an "Unknown Author" with the wisdom of "Aunt Jane".
This section is being offered for those of you who are interested in the satisfaction that comes with developing your own web pages. As a relative novice, I have surfed for and found many sites that have been very helpful to me. I have divided selected sites into three major categories: HyperText Markup Language (HTML) which tells your browser what to show viewers, Graphics (images), and Backgrounds, Fonts, and other necessities. To get started on your exciting cyberspace adventure, click here.
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