Bed Used by Bennie Portlock in the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama
THF805496 / Bed Used by Bennie Portlock in the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Bed (Furniture)
Date Made
1960-1962
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.50.458
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Metal
Wood (Plant material)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 37 in (Headboard)
Width: 79.5 in (Headboard)
Length: 3.5 in (Headboard)
Height: 8 in (Folded piece of bedframe)
Width: 72 in (Folded piece of bedframe)
Length: 5 in (Folded piece of bedframe)
Inscriptions
lower right headboard:
6106-14-BED / LOT NO. 170
lower left headboard:
inspected by / C Brown
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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.