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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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Richie Jean Jackson in the Jackson Home Kitchen, Selma, Alabama

• 1967
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Jawana Jackson at the Jackson Home on Easter Sunday, 1967

• December 25, 1966
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Richie Jean Jackson and Sullivan Jackson in Jackson Home on Christmas Day, 1966

• circa 1966
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Sullivan Jackson and Jawana Jackson in the Jackson Home Living Room, circa 1966

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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.  

• 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