House Where King Planned Alabama Marches Moving to Michigan

The Henry Ford acquires and will preserve Jackson House, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. planned the Selma-to-Montgomery Marches in 1965 - The Selma Times‑Journal

Dearborn, MI—(April 17, 2023)—The Henry Ford, a 250-acre cultural destination and National Historic Landmark in Dearborn, Michigan acquired and will preserve the Selma, Alabama home of Dr. and Mrs. Sullivan Jackson. The historic home, known as the Jackson House, served as a safe haven where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others worked, collaborated, strategized and planned the Selma-to-Montgomery marches of 1965. The marches served as protests …

House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan

By COREY WILLIAMS (Associated Press) DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home, and much of it involved her “Uncle Martin.” There were late-night visitors, phone calls and meetings at the house that was a safe haven for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders as they planned the Selma to Montgomery marches calling for Black vo…

House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan

The role the Jackson House played was integral to the Civil Rights Movement, so Jawana Jackson contacted The Henry Ford Museum near Detroit about a year ago to ask if it would take over the preservation of the Jackson House.

Alabama home where Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. planned Selma marches is moving to Michigan museum

An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma marches has been sold to a museum in Michigan and will be moved to a site near Detroit for preservation (April 17)(AP video: Mike Householder)

House where King planned Alabama marches moving to Michigan

A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home, and much of it involved her “Uncle Martin.”There were late-night visitors, phone calls and meetings at the house that was a safe haven for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders as they planned the Selma to Montgomery marches calling for Black voting rights.The role the Jackson House played was integral to…

Home where Martin Luther King Jr. planned Selma march moving to Michigan

Starting this year, the Jackson House will be dismantled piece-by-piece and trucked the more than 800 miles north to Dearborn, Michigan, where it will eventually be open to the public as part of the history museum. The project is expected to take up to three years.