"Keep The Show on the Road"
-- 2012 Serena Strother Wilson
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Click Here to open our 2017/2019 brochure.
UGRR Quilt Code Museum Brochure

Exhibits are scalable to your space & budget
We assist in marketing all programs & exhibits
We work with you to find grants
& collaborative funders
Programs & Exhibits:
See details of programs below:
The Companion Book is Now Available!
Research of 5 generations;
187 years of history;
33 countries of museums,
archives & libraries;
& 500+ books with sources we used to
document our family's African history.
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"An African Diasporan Experience"
at Hillside Presbyterian Church
Feb. 4, 2019th, See you soon!

Scholarship Fundraiser * Exhibit * Book Signing
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These are not tatoos - They are country marks given
for title, high standing in community, heroic deeds or rank.
They brought their culture - music, dancing, foods
agricultural techniques, building, hunting
weaving, animal domestication, metal smithing and
boating skills to America to build this country.
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Follow my families journey from East Africa to West,
forced migration to America of 5 generations!
We Welcomed 6 School Groups:
American Quilt Society Quilt Week
AQS Convention Attendees * Vendors * Sponsors * Staff
Seniors * Group Military * Students
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For Questions Call (404) 494- 5465
To reserve your exhibit today
Senior, Group Military, Student Discounts
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"Finding Ann Jones"
The Methods, sources & process used to uncover our
Native American Ancestry
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"UGRR Secret of the Quilts"
Secret Messages in Quilts & Songs
"The Abolitionist - Methods of Escape"
Features over 200 international abolitionist; antislavery legislation; anti-slavery tracts, books, and newspapers;
35+ "Methods of Escape" used in America;
safe Houses & UGRR Stations
Click below to view brochure




We have documented 150 Abolitionist &
38 different methods of escape.

The UGRR Secret Quilt Code is just one of the methods
used in Africa & America by my ancestors.

Our families UGRR Quilt Code
is just one of many methodsused by freedom seekers.

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"Sacrafice & Service Military History"
Proudly covers 2 AmericanRevolutionary War
family members,
both my 160 Confederate / 58 Union relatives
12 relatives that fought in World War I.
Military History American Revolution to WWII
Programs & Exhibits:
Click here for Military History info


"How to Find Your Civil War Ancestors"
"Sacrafice & Service In My Family"
"Caring For & Maintaining Your Families Treasures"

"The Art of Language"
Shows how one cultures languages are considered
only art when not understood or spoken.

Alok Ikom Stone Monoliths in Nigeria, Africa. Photos by Dr. Sidney Davis.

"Messages in the Music"
Discusses the songs that were used as messages
on the Underground Railroad and many of the words originated in Africa translated. Many of the same songs were sung in America.

"CHURCHES OF THE UGRR"
Features over 32 different denominations
of churches whose members including 2 Jewish
brothers in Alabama. Methodist, AME, Baptist and
many more were active in the
Abolitionist Movement or were UGRR Stations
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We customize presentations &
exhibits to your theme and needs
Gallery Before
Exhibit is Mounted
Gallery During .....



Galleries After:
Concord University - Athens, WV

5 Quilts hanging in the gallery

Quilts hanging and table displays at
Bluefield State College Bluefield, WV
Combination quilts hanging with table displays

Above room set up with 100+ chairs for lecture, with a combination of hanging quilts and table displays
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Past exhibits for your review:
Bring Your Lunch & Join
Co-Presenters:
Mrs. Teresa R. Kemp & Ms. Sonya Hodges
at the
State Museum Building
SC Confederate Relic Room and Military
301 Gervais Street * Columbia, SC
Phone: 404-494-5465
“WWI Lunch and Learn” Session
was on February 26, 2016 at 12:00 noon
https://www.crr.sc.gov/calendar?e=311
For more information click here or call
Mr. Joe Long Phone: 803-737-8095 or
Mrs. Teresa R. Kemp
(404) 494-5465
It was Free & Open to the Public
Handicapped Accessible * Free Parking
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"Sacrifice & Service Military History Exhibit"
at the
Atanta Fulton County Public Library's
Dates: November 1st - 27th, 2017
was held over for 2 weeks!
Thank you for your support!
It was part of 1st Thursday's Atlanta Art Walk!
Exhibit Tour & Book Discussion
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Thank you for Joining me at the
Juneteenth Festival it was great
in Mosley Park Atlanta, GA
Book Your 2021 - 2025 Programs Today!
E-mail: trkemp@plantationquilts.com
Call Mrs. Teresa R. Kemp today!
(404) 494-5465
Buy My book
"Keeper of the Fire:
An Igbo Metalsmith From Awka"
Amazon.com Click for Special prices

Click book to order your color copy today!
Pick up a Copy at Medu Bookstore
in Greenbriar Mall
2841 Greenbriar Pkwy. SW, Atlanta, GA, 30331
Call Nia at (404) 346-3263 for more information
Great for Holiday Gifts - Click the book below to
order your Black & White copy today
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My ancestor, Peter Farrow, an itenerate Nigerian metalsmith did the "Lost-Wax Process" in Awka,
Anambra State, Nigeria West Africa.
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The UGRR Quilts at the
"Keeper of the Fire Exhibit"
was great!
At
Tennessee Temple University - Lee Roberson Student Center
The best Chatanooga, Tennessee Quilt Show
for International Women's Recovery Center
We offered Free UGRR Arts & Crafts, Teacher handouts,
Family History Forms & Fabric Swatch
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Art Exhibit
at the Atlanta Fulton County Public Library
in downtown Atlanta, GA

3 of the UGRR Quilt Code Museum's Family Plantation Quilts
were on display in the Basement Alcove.
West Virginia State College Institute, WV
Creative Arts Festival Sharonville, OH

National Black Arts Festival
Corretta Scott King Annual Book Awards
Atlanta, GA

View our UGRR Quilt Code Gallery &
Cultural Festival Activities Photo Album below
Call
Mrs. Teresa R. Kemp
at (404) 494-5465 or
E-mail: trkemp@PlantationQuilts.com
We offer:
Exhibit, Tours, Presentations & Lecture Series

Lunch & Learns Exhibit & Discussions
Youth Summer & Holiday Camps
Arts & Craft Classes, Free Gallery Activities
Above Prof. Maddy from Serria Leon
Western African Tie Dye Class
UGRR Quilt Code Math & Science Activies

Soulful exchanges of hugs & years
from patrons in the Doll Making classes

Hearfelt things happened in classes
We have Quilt Code Activities for
youth, adults & seniors
Adinkra Stamps, Math Projects,
Quilting, Wood Carving, Quilt and Artifact care,
Scholarship/Grant writing for HS seniors & college students,
picture quilts, canning classes,
tied rugs & weaving classes were some of the
UGRR Quilt Code Activities at our Traveling Exhibits.

WE WILL COME TO YOUR
FAMILY REUNION CONFERENCE!
Teresa R. Kemp was a presenter
at the Temple University in Philadelphia, PA
Family Reunion Conference
"Making Photographic Quilts"
"How to Document You Famiy History"
"Preserving Family Treasures"

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Past Exhibits:
Feb. 5 - 9th, 2014
"UGRR Secrets of the Quilts"& Stop Human Trafficking
Covina Public Library Covina, CA
(25 Quits, Documents & Artifacts)
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Feb. 15th, 2014
"UGRR Secrets of the Quilts" & Stop Human Trafficking
Cornbread Jubilee & Festival of Breads
Columbia, SC
(25 Quits, Documents & Artifacts)
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Feb. 16th, 2014
"UGRR Secrets of the Quilts" & Stop Human Trafficking
ST Luke’s AME Zion Church
Black History Month Youth Program
Lone Star, SC
(25 Quits, Documents & Artifacts)
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Feb. 28th, 2014
"UGRR Secrets of the Quilts & Stop Human Trafficking
Kaiser Permanente
Regional Doctors, Nurses & Staff
Atlanta, GA
(25 Quits, Documents & Artifacts)
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March 1, 2014
"UGRR Secrets of the Quilts"& Stop Human Trafficking
Kaiser Permanente 2014 KPAAPA
Community Health Fair
Decatur, GA
(25 Quits, Documents & Artifacts)
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March 26-30th
"UGRR Secrets of the Quilts"& Stop Human Trafficking
Mancuso Destination Savannah Quilt Fest
Savannah Convention & Trade Center
Savannah, GA
(43 Textiles, Plantation Documents, Artifacts)
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April 9th, 2014
"1800's in Family Plantation Quilts"
Quilters for Christ Quilt Guild
Columbus, Ohio
(8 Quilts)
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Sunday May 4, 2014
"His Banner Over Us Is Love" Liturgical Art Exhibition
Ephesus Seventh-Day Adventist Church
3650 Sunbury Road Columbus, Ohio
(2 Sampler Quilts made by Serena Strother Wilson)
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July 1-August 1st, 2014
"Africa Village Life to America Abolitionist in Quilts"
Atlanta Fulton County Public Library
Alcove Exhibit Area Atlanta, GA
(1 African Textile Village life, 1 Bow Tie Quilts, 1 Sampler)
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July 24-26, 2014
1st World Igbo Arts & Cultural Festival
"Keeper of the Fire - An Igbo Metalsmith from Awka"
Igbo Village -Frontier Museum Staunton, Virginia
(Paper, Panel Discussion, 5 Quilts, 10 African Textiles, 10 Artifacts)
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Fundraising exhibit for the proposed
International Women's Recovery Center
"Keeper of the Fire: An Igbo Metal Smith from Awka"
September 5th -19th, 2014
Tennessee Temple University Lee Roberson Student Ctr.
Chattanooga, TN
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