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- Dresser Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama -
- circa 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dresser Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama
- Bed Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama - 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.
- circa 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Bed Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama
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.
- Dresser Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama -
- circa 1958
- Collections - Artifact
Dresser Used by Jawana Jackson, Selma, Alabama