Jawana Jackson (left) in Her Bedroom inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama

THF727498 / Jawana Jackson (left) in Her Bedroom inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.0.144.70

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Dimensions

Height: 3.375 in
Width: 3.75 in

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Photographic prints Photographs Interior views Bedrooms Original sites Jackson, Jawana V. Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home

Artifact
"Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep" Wall Plaques Used in the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama
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.