Marie Foster Shaking Hands with President Bill Clinton

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Artifact Overview

Marie Foster (1917-2003) was a Selma, Alabama-based voting rights activist and member of the Dallas County Voters' League. She taught citizenship classes to help Black Selmanians pass discriminatory literacy tests and participated in all three Selma to Montogomery marches in March of 1965. Foster's younger brother was Sullivan Jackson, whose Selma home was a base of operations during the voting rights campaign.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1993-2001

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.0.1.4

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.625 in
Width: 3.5 in

Inscriptions

on front printed: To Marie Foster written: Best Wishes, Bill Clinton
Marie Foster Shaking Hands with President Bill Clinton