Selma Civil Rights Home Relocated to Greenfield Village Opens to Public

The Jackson residence, an important landmark in the civil rights movement where Martin Luther King Jr. and other leaders organized the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march, has been moved 1,093 miles from Selma, Alabama, to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. Previously located at 1416 Lapsley Avenue, it served as the home of Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, who welcomed King and his associates. This house was the site of King's conversations with President Lyndon B. Johnson and his viewing of Johnson's address on March 15, 1965. After the Jacksons passed away, their daughter Jawana transformed it into a museum in 2014. The relocation started in November 2023, and the reconstructed house will debut this weekend with a block party, which Amber Mitchell describes as the 'crown jewel' of Black heritage sites.