US EditionMichigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history
WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, AUG 6 – The Henry Ford Museum relocated and rebuilt the Jackson Home to preserve Civil Rights history amid federal efforts to erase race-related narratives, with 6,000 artifacts archived, officials said.
- The Jackson Home was transported from Alabama and reconstructed at Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford Museum, where archivists began cataloguing 6,000 items.
- Federal efforts to downplay Black history prompted preservation moves, as President Donald Trump’s second-term purges sought to remove 'woke' perspectives from federal programs.
- The 280-square-metre bungalow helped King and others plan voting rights marches that led to the 1965 Voting Rights Act, according to the site’s history.
- The Henry Ford Museum emphasizes factual history, praising the Jackson family for preserving artifacts and insisting it has no political agenda.
- The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., has come under particular pressure, including last week’s removal of references to Trump’s two impeachments, amid claims of a 'race-centered' agenda.
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Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts but pressure mounts on others - BridgeDetroit
DEARBORN — Brick by brick, beam by beam and shingle by shingle, a house where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in support of Black voting rights in the Deep South has been trucked from Alabama to a museum near Detroit. This story also appeared in The Associated Press The intricate operation to move and preserve the Jackson Home and other artifacts from the Civil Rights era preceded President …
Michigan museum preserves civil rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history
Brick by brick, beam by beam and shingle by shingle, a house where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in support of Black voting rights in the Deep South has been trucked from Alabama to a museum near Detroit.
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Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts amid federal efforts to downplay Black history
An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been reconstructed in its entirety at a museum near Detroit.
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