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Freedom Quilting Bee

quilting cooperative in Rehobeth, Alabama
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Freedom Quilting Bee

Summary

Freedom Quilting Bee is a collective[1]. It draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (collective category, ranking #22 of 34).[2]

Key Facts

  • Freedom Quilting Bee is in the country of United States[3].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's instance of is recorded as collective[4].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's founder is recorded as Lucy Mingo[5].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's founder is recorded as African Americans[6].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's founder is recorded as Estelle Witherspoon[7].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's founder is recorded as Willie Abrams[8].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's headquarters location is recorded as Rehobeth[9].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's industry is recorded as quilting[10].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's chairperson is recorded as Estelle Witherspoon[11].
  • March 26, 1966 marks the founding of Freedom Quilting Bee[12].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's different from is recorded as Quilts of Gees Bend, Alabama[13].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's operating area is recorded as Black Belt[14].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's partnership with is recorded as Bloomingdale's[15].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's partnership with is recorded as Sears[16].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's reviewed by is recorded as The New York Times[17].
  • Freedom Quilting Bee's P14901 is recorded as freedom-quilting-bee[18].

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Founding

Founders include Lucy Mingo[5], African Americans[6], Estelle Witherspoon[7], and Willie Abrams[8]. March 26, 1966 marks the founding of Freedom Quilting Bee[12].

Leadership

Freedom Quilting Bee's chairperson is recorded as Estelle Witherspoon[11].

Operations

Freedom Quilting Bee's headquarters location is recorded as Rehobeth[9].

Industry

Freedom Quilting Bee's industry is recorded as quilting[10].

Why It Matters

Freedom Quilting Bee draws 70 Wikipedia views per month (collective category, ranking #22 of 34).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Tymewalk · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chairperson → Estelle Witherspoon
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007314507705171
    Library of congress authority id → n85306709
    Yale lux id → group/0f4dc232-7fde-48f2-a986-c1a47c918625
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55023|batch #55023]]: Encyclopedia of Alabama update - add values for P14901 based on existing values of P6010"
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