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This large quilt (88 x 64″) shows the faces of 14 children of various skin tones. The year of their birth and death (all died in 2015) is written below their pictures. The quilt alternates rows of text and pictures. Row 1: In large lettering states: America’s Class of 2015, Below in smaller lettering: Disabled children murdered by their parents in 2015. Row 2 has 4 photos. Row 3 has one photo and the text: “There is no “mercy” in killing. No explanation that justifies taking a child’s life. It is simply murder. To say otherwise dishonors all the disabled children murdered by the people they love.” Row 4 has 4 photos. Row 5 has one photo and the text: “We must be concerned not merely about who murdered them but about the system, the way of life, the philosophy which produced the murderers.” Martin Luther King, Jr., Eulogy for the Murdered Children (1963). Row 6 has 4 photos.

Art: Disability Histories: America’s Class of 2015

witnessing / Patricia Chadwick

This quilt shows the faces of 14 children with disabilities who were murdered by their parents in 2015.

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Art: Disability Histories: Hidden Graves

witnessing / Patricia Chadwick

After the 1906 earthquake, Agnews Insane Asylum buried the inmates in unmarked graves.

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Quilt with an image of a building - below is a stack of books with names

Art: Disability Histories: Lost Lives

witnessing / Patricia Chadwick

This quilt honors the 107 inmates of Agnews Insane Asylum who were killed when locked wards collapsed during the 1906 California earthquake.

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