Percolator Coffeepot Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
THF374004 / Percolator Coffeepot Used by the Jackson Family, 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 Jackson Home 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
Coffeepot
Date Made
1958-1965
Creators
Place of Creation
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.50.1169
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Aluminum (Metal)
Metal
Glass (Material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 5.75 in
Width: 8 in
Length: 7.75 in
Inscriptions
underneath:
Royal Chef [copyright logo] / Massillon, Ohio / Made in U.S.A. / 528 1 1/2 cup
under glass handle:
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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.