Good Trouble Quilts -- Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis
Mon, Feb 09
|Civil Rights Memorial Center
Art quilters honor the life and legacy of Congressman John Lewis in Montgomery, Alabama


Time & Location
Feb 09, 2026, 9:00 AM – Apr 13, 2026, 4:00 PM
Civil Rights Memorial Center, 400 Washington Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA
About the event
Good Trouble Quilts - Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Congressman John Lewis is a special exhibit that premeired at the 2022 Atlanta Quilt Festival August 7th - September 2nd. It traveled to other venues in 2023 and continued to travel in 2024.
The exhibit features approximatley 34 original quilts and a fiber collage created by predominantly African American fiber artists especially for this exhibit. The creativity and the scope of the exhibit will amaze you.
We are especially pleased that this very timely and historical exhibit will be hosted by the Southern Poverty Law Center at its Civil Rights Memorial Center in Montgomery, AL during the annual Selma Jubilee celebration scheduled for February 9th -April 13th 2026.
There is a small fee to visit the Civil Rights Memorial Center. It is open Monday - Saturday from 10 - 5 p.m. Visit splcenter.org for details.