In 2000 Medgar Evers College celebrated its 30th anniversary.

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The MEC 30th Anniversary Quilt Committee (Prof. Ivonne Bennett; Dr. Juollie Carroll; Dr. Doris Withers; Ms. Selma Cunningham) conceived and commissioned the Quilt and raised funds for it.
The Quilt is an original design and creation of Master Quilter and Fiber Artist Mary Louise Smith. The Quilt is made with both domestic and African fabrics, including fabrics from Senegal, Ivory Coast, South Africa, and Benin.
The front side of the Quilt features the appliqued Medgar Evers College Seal, the names of the four academic schools of the College, the Alumni Association, and the Community Council. The Quilt is hand and machine pieced and entirely hand-quilted with black and metallic gold threads. There are Ghanaian Adinkra symbols hand-quilted in gold, representing courage, understanding, respect, truth, unity, the Divine Spirit, peace, and remembrance, in the wedges which are under the four school blocks. The other side of the Quilt features the names of the MEC Founders and Visionaries, and the signatures and names of supporters from MEC, the community and businesses.

30th Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner Program