This quilt is a testimony to the spirit of the Black woman for her challenges, creativity, and her championship. In this work I used shadow or spirit figures to indicate some reminders of the Afro-American female experiences:
The Family
Political courage and involvement
Dance and constant positive movement
Dress, hair and beauty
Entertainment
Slavery
African symbolic icons were used to indicate our roots.

Viola Burley Leak - Quilting Afro-American Women’s History
(Washington, District of Columbia)
2007; 45 x 58 inches; cotton, silk, polyester blend, hand screened cotton, appliqué, machine quilted by Juanita Canfield;
photo by Chas. E. Martin.