BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: In New York, at the American Bible Society, there's a remarkable exhibition of quilts -- elaborate, so-called "narrative" quilts that depict African-American experience. Many of the quilts tell Bible stories. All the artists are women, except for one man.

We spoke first with Carolyn Mazloomi, founder of the Women of Color Quilters Network.

Dr. CAROLYN MAZLOOMI (Curator, "Threads of Faith"): When you think in terms of the African-American community and art, there is no other art form so closely identified with the culture as quilt-making. You observe in this show the greater body of the work is narrative work.

There are issues for us as African-Americans that we can't forget because they helped shape who we are. You create these images in hopes that you don't forget. You create them to celebrate the ancestors who walked through fire for us to be here. This is what our faith is. This is what this show is about.

L'MERCHIE FRAZIER (Artist, Women of Color Quilters Network): The African Baptist Church, the First African Baptist Church, that was built in 1806, which becomes a focus and a photo in this quilt, was a spiritual center that served as a place where laws became initiated. People and their ideas were heard. So the strike against the institution of slavery began in a spiritual center and was a place where it could be challenged morally.