Crafts – Auction Finds

I had only just arrived at the crafts festival, on the lookout for that unique something-something that would wow me. I had dipped into one vendor’s space after another – not lingering, just glancing and moving on.…

August 23, 2011

sherry

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Extolling the work of early black craftspeople

Posted in Black history, Books, Civil War, and Crafts

The thin booklet was laying on the auction table haphazardly, as if someone had absentmindedly tossed it there. Because it was so small and flat, I’m sure it was considered to be of little worth. That’s…

November 4, 2009

sherry

Blacks, broom-making and Berea College

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The auctioneer was holding up a straw broom, describing to us auction-goers its history and other qualities. My mind was wandering until he said it was made by students at Berea College. A black college…

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