Marie Foster Shaking Hands with President Bill Clinton
THF733090 / 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
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