Talk:Boykin, Alabama

Lawsuit
I added the information about the lawsuit filed by two of the Gee's Bend quilters against the Arnett's. I would like someone to offer input and information on how to better word or construct that section. Jasgrider 15:49, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Reformating/Updating
I began to reformat this page into a more structured entry. Please look at it and edit it or offer suggestions on how we can make it better. Jasgrider 15:51, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

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Arthur Rothstein
The article is written as if the reader knows who Arthur Rothstein is; Rothstein pops up in the first paragraph with no context. The third paragraph refers again to his visit. Later, a documentary trip is described as getting the 'after' pictures, even though the 'before' element of that metaphor hasn't been established. I think the article should be edited slightly to handle the Rothstein angle better, making the resulting article more linear, and less of an insider's account.

Suggestion: (1) delete the sentence about Rothstein in the first paragraph, which is creating problems and also not adding very much value to the long-view history of the place. (2) Add a sentence to the end of the second paragraph that properly introduces the topic of Rothstein's visit, something like: "In 1937, photojournalist Arthur Rothstein visited Gee's Bend and later published a series of sensitive portraits of the people who lived there." That way, the first sentence of the third paragraph works as a transition sentence. Jzimba (talk) 18:38, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Additional photos
I came across this photo on Wikipedia Commons. There's also a cropped version. FloridaArmy (talk) 17:27, 1 August 2022 (UTC)