http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/936/mary-a-caple Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 27 May 2026 07:46:48 -0400 Wed, 27 May 2026 07:46:48 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/675/john-temple-graves-and-the-lost-tribe-an-analysis-of-the-big-world-at-last-reaches-gees-bend By Mary A. Caple - An exhibition entitled “The Quilts of Gee’s Bend” opened at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in November, 2002 (McGee), bringing worldwide attention to a secluded hamlet in a curve of the Alabama River. Unbeknownst to many of the admirers of these brightly patterned blankets was that the national spotlight had once before been shone on the town. That time was sixty five years previous, in a feature article in The New York Times by prominent journalist John Temple Graves II. The contextual complexities of the article, “The Big World At Last Reaches Gee&rsquo... Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/675/john-temple-graves-and-the-lost-tribe-an-analysis-of-the-big-world-at-last-reaches-gees-bend