Carolyn Davis | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Thu, 08 Sep 2022 20:24:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Beyond the Quilt https://www.thesmartset.com/beyond-the-quilt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-the-quilt https://www.thesmartset.com/beyond-the-quilt/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2022 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=58303 I have a quilt. A piece of an old dress, a worn-out pair of pants, an apron that has outlived its usefulness, and maybe even a head rag, once drenched in the sweat of our ancestors, all pieced together to make what is called the Cathedral Window.   This quilt personifies its creator, Ms. Ruth. Born […]

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]]> https://www.thesmartset.com/beyond-the-quilt/feed/ 0 Racism Through the Eyes of a Child https://www.thesmartset.com/racism-through-the-eyes-of-a-child/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=racism-through-the-eyes-of-a-child https://www.thesmartset.com/racism-through-the-eyes-of-a-child/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:28:16 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=57123 Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s in the South, I was introduced to Jim Crow at an early age. I didn’t understand too much, but I knew that “he” was the law, and that we had to obey the law. Things were very unfair for colored people, and the law made the unfairness legal. […]

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