Kitchen Table Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

THF803844 / Kitchen Table Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

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. It opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Kitchen table

Date Made

circa 1955

Creators

Formica Corporation

Location

at Greenfield Village in Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home

Object ID

2023.50.871

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Formica (TM)
Chrome steel
Wood (Plant material)
Plastic

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 29.75 in
Width: 35.825 in
Length: 48.125 in

Inscriptions

underneath: 11.52.822

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Eating & drinking Dining Kitchen tables Tables (Support furniture) Furniture Jackson, Sullivan M., 1921-2004 Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-2013 Jackson, Jawana V.

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Dr. 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.