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, The 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 at the Village.
"She knew this history, she lived this history," Mooradian said. "And she really wanted the house to be somewhere where it could impact many, many, many thousands of people; millions of people over the years. She said to me, 'The time is right, Patricia. This house belongs in Greenfield Village."
The site dedication will take place at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, with a panel discussion scheduled for 7 p.m. The discussion is free to the public, but registration is required, and seating is limited. Registration will close on Tuesday, August 6 at 11:59 p.m.
Get more information or register now at this link.