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Dr. Sullivan and Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, knowing all too well how important the Selma Voting Rights movement was in 1965, held on to many of the items that made their home a refuge, including the chair that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sat in to watch President Lyndon B. Johnson address the nation, the many cooking utensils and tools used to craft meals for movement makers and dreamers, sentimental items like photos of family and friends, and their child’s baby clothes.
Now, these materials are helping The Henry Ford bring life to the Jackson Home in Greenfield Village, as we restore the building to its 1960s appearance. The materials are also helping us shed light on a family whose connections run deep in the Black professional and middle class in Selma and beyond.
💻 Read the full story on our blog: https://links.thf.org/4gQqpeb.
