Cross Stitch Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Cross stitch
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.50.5280.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cotton (Fiber)
Linen (Material)
Cardboard
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 13.125 in (Measured flat)
Width: 16.75 in (Measured flat)
Length: 0.325 in (Measured flat)
Inscriptions
front:
Let me live in the House / by the Side of the Road / and a Friend to Man
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The Jackson Home was known as “The House by the Side of the Road” for the way it welcomed everyone who came by. It was this welcoming spirit that would place the home at the center of history, as the struggle for Civil Rights came to Selma in 1965.