Box Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
THF806804 / Box Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
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Artifact Overview
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The acquisition included some materials used by the family after the voting rights struggle. The post-1965 items retained help document Black American middle-class life in the late twentieth century.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Box (Container)
Location
at Greenfield Village in Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home
Object ID
2023.50.2939
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Wood (Plant material)
Color
Brown (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4.75 in
Diameter: 4.5 in
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ArtifactDr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home
The home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson, originally located in Selma, Alabama, is a Civil Rights Movement landmark. The home served as a refuge where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders worked, collaborated, strategized, and planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches. These marches led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965.