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The Jackson Home

Discover the Jackson Home, a civil rights landmark from Selma where Dr. King planned the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Now open in Greenfield Village.

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You can help uplift the Jackson Home’s legacy and its future in Greenfield Village. 

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Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama

• circa 1965
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Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama

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Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama

• April 21, 2026
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Hospitality in the Jackson Home

The Jackson Home was known as “The House by the Side of the Road” for the way it welcomed everyone who came by. It was this welcoming spirit that would place the home at the center of history, as the struggle for Civil Rights came to Selma in 1965.  

• 1963-1976
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Jawana Jackson with Christmas Gifts inside the Jackson Home

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Jawana Jackson in the Jackson Home Kitchen, Selma, Alabama

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Richie Jean Jackson and Sullivan Jackson in the Jackson Home, late 1950s

• January 01, 1962
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Jawana Jackson inside the Jackson Home, Selma, Alabama, 1961-1962