"HY-TOP" Matchbook Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

THF801462 / "HY-TOP" Matchbook Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Matchbook

Date Made

1950-1963

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.245

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Wood (Plant material)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 1.83 in (Measured closed)
Width: 1.625 in (Measured closed)
Length: 0.25 in (Measured closed)

Inscriptions

outside: Hy-Top / Brand / ...on the label / guarantees / top quality / on your table side: D. D. Bean & Sons Co Jaffery N.H.

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Smoking Matchbooks Matches (Fire-making equipment) Jackson, Sullivan M., 1921-2004 Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-2013 Hy-Top

Artifact
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.