The House by the Side of the Road: The Jackson Home at Greenfield Village

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February 17, 2025
In 2025, the country celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the culmination of decades of activism by African Americans in the mid-20th century. The Henry Ford in 2023 acquired Dr. Sullivan and Mrs. Richie Jean [Sherrod] Jackson's home — a pivotal location for the Selma voting rights movement — to help preserve this unique story of family, community and justice into the future.

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Toshiko Mori Interview Transcript
Architect

Throughout her career as a practicing architect and educator, Toshiko Mori has pursued a technical interest in the properties of materials, and especially synthetic materials, in addition to her concerns for purity of line, visual lightness and thermal performance.

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As an architect, Toshiko Mori has always taken a personal delight in discovering new properties and potentials in materials. Whether designing exhibitions, houses or institutional projects such as the Visitor Center for Frank Lloyd Wright’s Darwin D. Martin House in Buffalo, New York, she enjoys a process that combines intuition with the rigor of research.

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I would say every architect that I know is a philosopher on his or her own.

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The House by the Side of the Road: The Jackson Home at Greenfield Village

15 Jan, 11:04 AM
In 2025, the country celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, the culmination of decades of activism by African Americans in the mid-20th century. The Henry Ford in 2023 acquired Dr. Sullivan and Mrs. Richie Jean [Sherrod] Jackson's home — a pivotal location for the Selma voting rights movement — to help preserve this unique story of family, community and justice into the future.