The Blue Print

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A quilt (a) with bag (b) titled “The Blue Print” created by Lawrence Jenkins, Allen Nguyen, Harun Sharif-El, and Gary Tyler, prisoner-volunteers of the hospice center within Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly called “Angola." The quilt is done mostly in shades of blue, with multicolored suns in each corner. A different design appears in each quadrant, separated by undulating borders of black with purple triangles that merge in the center to form a colorful spiral design. The design in the top left features a rainbow band of figures in a figure-eight design in the center. The surrounding area has the same design of rows of figures standing arm-to-arm, but in neutral shades of black, grey, and taupe. The design in the top right quadrant has a background of blue and white triangles in a pinwheel design, and is divided into two sections via a thin, solid white line.

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