Dining room table from the home of Lucinda Todd
date: label: Date
content: early to mid 20th century
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Lucinda Wilson Todd, American, 1903 - 1996
label: Subject of
content: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American, founded 1909
notes: label: Caption
content: Lucinda Todd was the secretary of the Topeka, Kansas branch of the NAACP and the first parent to sign on as plaintiff in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The dining room of her home was a gathering place both for local members of the NAACP and national figures involved in the case such as Thurgood Marshall, Roy Wilkins, Walter White, and Jack Greenberg. Todd was quoted as saying, "this is where it all started, right here" in reference to the table.
label: Description
content: An oval-shaped wood dining room table with cabriole legs ending in whorl feet. On underside, proper left side of table is black, stamped serial number [C-831-34-38F]. Leaf attached to table between sides.
place: label: Place used
content: Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Civil Rights
label: Topic
content: Domestic life
label: Topic
content: Education
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Judge Paul L. Brady
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.174.1a-f
objectType: label: Type
content: dining tables
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood
label: Dimensions
content: 29 3/4 x 68 3/4 x 40 1/2 in. (75.6 x 174.6 x 102.9 cm)