Vegetable Dish Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

THF801503 / Vegetable Dish Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Vegetable dish

Date Made

1912-1917

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.249.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Ceramic (Material)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 11.25 in
Length: 5 in

Inscriptions

lower top of lid: J top lower side edge of dish: J under bowl center: [maker mark] / Portland / G.H.B.Co. / Germany

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Vegetable dishes Dishes (Vessels for food) Dinnerware Eating Jackson, Sullivan M., 1921-2004 Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-2013 Jackson, Jawana V.

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Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home
The home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Jackson, originally located in Selma, Alabama, is a Civil Rights Movement landmark. The home served as a refuge where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other leaders worked, collaborated, strategized, and planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery marches. These marches led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act on August 6, 1965.
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Set of Dishes Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama