"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" Wall Plaques Used in the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama
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Artifact Overview
Dr. Sullivan Jackson and his wife, Richie Jean Sherrod, opened their home in Selma, Alabama, to Civil Rights leaders as they planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches. Jawana, their only child (four years old at the time), also lived in this house. When civil rights leaders came to strategize in 1964 and 1965, Jawana was there. These plaques of praying children adorned her bedroom wall.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Plaque (Flat object)
Date Made
1958
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.50.1190
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 12.25 in (Boy)
Width: 6.5 in (Boy)
Length: 0.25 in (Boy)
Height: 12.75 in (Girl)
Width: 6.5 in (Girl)
Length: 0.25 in (Girl)
Inscriptions
bottom front side boy:
copyright 1958 / The Dolly Toy Co.
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Jackson Home: The House by the Side of the Road
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The Jackson Home, originally located in Selma, Alabama, provided refuge and solace for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others who worked, collaborated, strategized, and planned the Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. The marches led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965, enshrining voting equality for all Americans as law.