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Historic Jackson Home finds a new life at The Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village

A key piece of civil rights history has arrived at The Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. “American Black Journal” host Stephen Henderson talks with The Henry Ford President & CEO Patricia Mooradian and Amber Mitchell, curator of Black History, about the Jackson Home, a strategizing hub for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1965 during the fight for voting rights.

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