Selma Water Meter Plaque, Selma, Alabama

THF810227 / Selma Water Meter Plaque, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Plaque

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Object ID

2023.50.3677

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Cast iron

Color

Brown (Color)
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 1.875 in (Flat on table)
Width: 21.875 in (Flat on table)
Length: 11.875 in (Flat on table)

Inscriptions

top side: Selma Water / Co / SW 100 / Water Meter / The Union Iron Works Company

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Water meters Information signs Plaques (Flat objects) Jackson, Jawana V. Jackson, Richie Jean Sherrod, 1932-2013 Jackson, Sullivan M., 1921-2004 Selma Water Works Company

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.