Jackson Home Joins Henry Ford Museum Collection


Jackson Home Joins Henry Ford Museum Collection

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Jackson Home Joins Henry Ford Museum Collection

A house is now in a museum near Detroit, Michigan. Martin Luther King Jr. used this house to plan marches. These marches helped Black people get the right to vote in the South.

Donald Trump wanted to remove some ideas about race. He wanted to minimize the impact of racism and Black Americans. He tried to remove diversity and inclusion from the government.

Some museums hold important things from African American history. These museums have been under a lot of pressure. The Henry Ford museum says it does not have a political plan.

King often met at the Jackson house in Selma, Alabama. There, he planned peaceful marches to Montgomery. These marches helped make the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Jackson family wanted to save their house and its things. They moved the house to the Henry Ford museum. The museum is working to save all the things in the house carefully.


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Where is the house that Martin Luther King Jr. used?

The house is in a museum near Detroit, Michigan.

What did the marches help Black people do?

The marches helped Black people get the right to vote in the South.

What did the Jackson family do with their house?

The Jackson family moved the house to the Henry Ford museum.


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