Juanita Richardson Sherrod on the Porch of a House

Juanita Richardson Sherrod (1905-2008), like her parents, valued education. She taught grade school for nearly three decades in the Dallas County (Alabama) School system. Upon retirement in 1973, Juanita became an artist and remained active in her community. Her daughter and son-in-law, Richie Jean and Sullivan Jackson, housed Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders in their Selma, Alabama, home in the mid-1960s.