Birthday Cake Rose from Jawana Jackson's Fifth Birthday, Selma, Alabama

THF800569 / Birthday Cake Rose from Jawana Jackson's Fifth Birthday, Selma, Alabama

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Decoration (Ornamental works)

Date Made

circa 1965

Subject Date

1965

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.485

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wax
Glass (Material)
Metal

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 2 in (Rose)
Diameter: 2.5 in (Rose)
Height: 3.75 in (Jar)
Diameter: 3.5 in (Jar)

Keywords	United States, Alabama, Selma Decorations (Ornamental works) Jars Birthday cakes Birthdays Jackson, Jawana V.

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.