Set of Bricks Used in the Jackson Family Home, Selma, Alabama
THF805544 / Set of Bricks Used in the Jackson Family Home, Selma, Alabama
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Artifact Overview
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders often stayed in the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson during the struggle to secure voting rights in the 1960s. King and several leaders once held a meeting on a bed, which collapsed beneath them. The meeting devolved into laughter. These bricks became the support for the repaired bed.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Brick
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.50.1942
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Brick (Clay material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 8.25 in
Length: 2.5 in
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders often stayed in the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson during the struggle to secure voting rights in the 1960s. King and several leaders once held a meeting on this bed -- it collapsed beneath them, and the meeting devolved into laughter. Bricks were used to support the repaired bed.
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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.