Scholar recalls honoring Mandela with a quilt of connection
Clip: 12/10/2013 | 6m 21s
American scholar recalls honoring Nelson Mandela with a quilt of connection
In 1990, Johnnetta Cole was tasked with honoring Nelson Mandela on behalf of participating schools of the United Negro College Fund. Jeffrey Brown talks to Cole, now director of the National Museum of African Art, about personally presenting Mandela with a quilt and what the former South African president has meant to her.
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Scholar recalls honoring Mandela with a quilt of connection
Clip: 12/10/2013 | 6m 21s
In 1990, Johnnetta Cole was tasked with honoring Nelson Mandela on behalf of participating schools of the United Negro College Fund. Jeffrey Brown talks to Cole, now director of the National Museum of African Art, about personally presenting Mandela with a quilt and what the former South African president has meant to her.
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