We have a segment from earlier this year about a key piece of civil rights history that has been moved from Selma, Alabama to The Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village. Host Stephen Henderson talks with The Henry Ford President & CEO Patricia Mooradian and Amber Mitchell, curator of Black History, about the Jackson Home. They discuss how the home served as a safe haven and strategizing hub for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1965 as they planned protests and marches in an effort to get the Voting Rights Act passed.

Mooradian and Mitchell explain that the home belonged to Dr. and Mrs. Sullivan Jackson, who opened it up to their close friend, Dr. King. They also talk about how the Jacksons’ daughter reached out to The Henry Ford about preserving the home, and they describe what visitors will see when the Jackson Home exhibit opens in 2026.