Saving a Key Piece of Civil Rights History: The Jackson Home
The Jackson Home, originally in Selma, Alabama was a crucial place in the fight for true freedom for African-Americans.
It's been moved here to Metro Detroit at Greenfield Village in The Henry Ford, so that it can be preserved, celebrated, and the story told.
So I went to Dearborn and talked with the Curator of Black History at The Henry Ford, Amber Mitchell.
Dr. Sullivan Jackson and Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson offered their home as a sanctuary and strategic hub for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders as they planned the marches that ultimately changed America.
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