The Jackson House travels 1,000 miles to Greenfield Village [Video]

DEARBORN (WWJ) — A house where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Civil Rights leaders once did their world-changing work has been moved from Selma, Alabama to Dearborn, Michigan, for public display at Greenfield Village.

After completing its 1,000-mile journey, a dedication and celebration for “The Jackson House” is planned for this Thursday, August 8.

Speaking live on WWJ Newsradio 950 on Monday, he Henry Ford President and CEO Patricia Mooradian said bringing this historic home to Greenfield Village is significant.

“This is the house where Dr. Martin Luther King, and his colleagues and fellow activists…really, they used it as a safe haven so that they could work on the plan to march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965,” Mooradian said. “And this led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”

Mooradian said Jawana Jackson, who grew up in the home, was the key reason the house ended up …