Americans have fought across generations to obtain and retain the rights they deserved—especially voting rights. Through stories centered on the Jackson Home, explore how Thomas Knight Richardson’s 1902 voter registration certificate serves as a captivating, tangible expression of those efforts.

Changes in political campaigning in the second quarter of the 19th century spurred a flood of new material to engage voters. Inexpensive mechanical or metamorphic cards poked fun at the opposition, transforming images of a party's candidate or his followers with a pull of a tab.

If you wanted to make a call from the late 19th until the mid-20th century, you first needed to connect with your operator. She was everywhere: telephone companies, department stores, small businesses, doctors’ offices, even the halls of Congress. She was the friendly voice who linked you to your friends, family, and the wider world.

Hundreds of vintage automobiles, trucks, motorcycles, and bicycles gathered in Greenfield Village for our 75th annual Old Car Festival. It remains the longest-running antique auto show in the United States.

Following The Henry Ford's acquisition of the Jackson Home, our curatorial staff spent time speaking with people who had firsthand experience of the Civil Rights Movement.

In Oakland, California, 1966, a group of young Black radicals formed The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense to elevate Black political and community power. Learn more about the organization’s Alabama origins here.

Wallace A. Rayfield was among a very small and elite group of university-trained African American architects working in the early twentieth-century. Across his vibrant career, he produced homes, churches, schools, and commercial buildings throughout the USA—including the Jackson Home.

The simple duck decoy is not so simple. Decoy styles, craftsmanship, and artistic qualities transform them from basic hunting tools to folk art treasures. They tell stories of the changing relationships between humans, wildlife, and the environment, past and present.