Desk Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

THF801467 / Desk Lamp Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Desk lamp

Date Made

1960-1969

Creators

Tensor Corporation

Place of Creation

United States, New York, New York, Brooklyn

Location

at Greenfield Village in Dr. Sullivan & Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home

Object ID

2023.50.251

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal
Plastic
Glass (Material)
Wood (Plant material)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 10 in (Collapsed)
Width: 2.5 in (Collapsed)
Length: 5.25 in (Collapsed)
Length: 71.5 in (Cord length)

Inscriptions

front plate: Tensor / OFF LO HI above and below front plate, carved: J.V. JACKSON blue sticker underneath: Underwriter's Labratories, Inc. / [copyright logo] / Listed / Portable Lamp / Issue No. D-3318

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Lighting Desk lamps Lamps (Lighting devices) 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.