Toilet Used in the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama
THF806770 / Toilet Used in the Jackson Home, 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
Toilet
Date Made
1969
Creators
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.50.5011
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Metal
Plastic
Stainless steel
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 29.325 in
Width: 22.25 in
Length: 27 in
Inscriptions
top bowl above opening:
K
under bowl base:
K4212 ETF / 8022 11 / 6 13 69 / 6 / 39
inside tank, backside:
13 / 8 15 69 / S / 524 / Waterline
stopper top:
Flap / Jack / by / Fillpro
pump top:
Fluidmaster / 400 model / Anti-Siphon
tank side:
Kohler Kohler
under tank lid:
13 / 8 15 69 / [...] 4552
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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.