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- The Jackson Home - Discover the Jackson Home, a civil rights landmark from Selma where Dr. King planned the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Now open in Greenfield Village.
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The Jackson Home
Discover the Jackson Home, a civil rights landmark from Selma where Dr. King planned the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Now open in Greenfield Village.
- Backstory: The Jackson Home - <div data-block="true" data-editor="9sp08" data-offset-key="e36ok-0-0"><div data-offset-key="e36ok-0-0">Discover the Dr. Sullivan and Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home in an all-new special from WDIV Local 4. <em>Backstory: The Jackson Home</em> tells the story of how this civil rights artifact made its way to The Henry Ford. </div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9sp08" data-offset-key="feeas-0-0"><div data-offset-key="feeas-0-0"><br data-text="true" /></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9sp08" data-offset-key="3e1hg-0-0"><div data-offset-key="3e1hg-0-0"><em>Admission is free. No ticket purchase is necessary. Seats will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Capacities are limited. </em></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="9sp08" data-offset-key="cpqim-0-0"><div data-offset-key="cpqim-0-0"><br data-text="true" /><br /></div></div><p><em> </em></p>
- April 12, 2026
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Backstory: The Jackson Home
Discover the Dr. Sullivan and Mrs. Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson Home in an all-new special from WDIV Local 4. Backstory: The Jackson Home tells the story of how this civil rights artifact made its way to The Henry Ford.Admission is free. No ticket purchase is necessary. Seats will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Capacities are limited. - Support the Jackson Home - You can help uplift the Jackson Home’s legacy and its future in Greenfield Village.
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Support the Jackson Home
You can help uplift the Jackson Home’s legacy and its future in Greenfield Village.
- Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama -
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Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama
- Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama -
- circa 1965
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Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama
- Jawana Jackson with Christmas Gifts inside the Jackson Home -
- 1963-1976
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Jawana Jackson with Christmas Gifts inside the Jackson Home
- Jawana Jackson in the Jackson Home Kitchen, Selma, Alabama -
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Jawana Jackson in the Jackson Home Kitchen, Selma, Alabama
- Hospitality in the Jackson Home - The Jackson Home was known as “The House by the Side of the Road” for the way it welcomed everyone who came by. It was this welcoming spirit that would place the home at the center of history, as the struggle for Civil Rights came to Selma in 1965.
- April 21, 2026
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Hospitality in the Jackson Home
The Jackson Home was known as “The House by the Side of the Road” for the way it welcomed everyone who came by. It was this welcoming spirit that would place the home at the center of history, as the struggle for Civil Rights came to Selma in 1965.
- Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama -
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Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama
- Jawana Jackson at the Jackson Home on Easter Sunday, 1967 -
- 1967
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Jawana Jackson at the Jackson Home on Easter Sunday, 1967