Marquis Pattern Bread and Butter Plate Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

THF801395 / Marquis Pattern Bread and Butter Plate Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Bread-and-butter plate

Date Made

circa 1958

Creators

Place of Creation

Location

Object ID

2023.50.133.11

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Porcelain (Material)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 0.5 in
Diameter: 6.5 in

Inscriptions

underneath center: Flintridge China / [maker mark] / U.S.A. / Made in California

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Eating Bread-and-butter plates Plates (Dishes) Dinnerware 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 Marquis Pattern Dinnerware Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama