Voices of Alabama: Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Museum

Meet Jawana Virginia Jackson, CEO of the Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Museum in Selma, Alabama, who provides her oral history of the site and its pivotal role in the African-American struggle for freedom.

Voices of Alabama documents the histories of 20 sites across Alabama that changed the world. Explore them all at VoicesofAlabama.org.

Archival images provided by: Old Sardis Baptist Church; Alabama Department of Archives and History; Newspapers.com; Alabama Department of Archives and History, donated by Alabama Media Group, photo by unknown, Birmingham News; Birmingham News file photo by Tom Hardin, 1956.