Harriet Powers was an enslaved woman turned folk artist during the mid- to late 1800s, regarded as one of the best-known Southern African-American quilt makers, and she was born and laid to rest in Clarke County. In Athens’ historic Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery, the graves of Powers, her husband Armstead and her daughter were discovered in 2005 by Cat Holmes, a doctoral student in history at UGA. The headstone revealing that Powers died on January 1, 1910, hand-inscribed by her son Marshall, was later found broken and removed in 2008. For 15 years the gravesite has remained marked by temporary banners left to the elements. On Saturday, Dec. 2 at 11 a.m., Powers will receive a new headstone to memorialize her […]