Stitch by stitch, many hands are joining to tell the untold stories of the black men who have worked the waters of the Chesapeake Bay.

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Joan Gaither, an artist and college professor who created a community storytelling quilt focused on President Barack Obama, is back with another quilt and a new mission: to share the history of the bay’s black watermen.

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