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Brick by brick and beam by beam, this house has
been moved from Selma, Alabama in the United States

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to the Henry Ford Museum's Greenfield Village in Detroit, Michigan. Owned by the
Jackson family, the house played a key role in the country's civil rights history

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as a haven and planning site for the 1965 Selma to
Montgomery marches led by Dr. Martin Luther King

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There were three attempts to do the
walk, with the first violently suppressed

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bringing national and international attention to the
struggle of southern African Americans for voting rights

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This was an ordinary middle-class black family in Selma who
made a really important decision to use their home for a cause

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The House still has some of the original furnishings from the period, including
this armchair from which Dr. King watched President Lyndon B. Johnson's

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We shall overcome speech that would
lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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And we shall overcome. They important to help people understand especially young people where we are how we got here and
the tactics used to become to change the world The move comes at a time when President Donald Trump tries to minimize or

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even erase some of the experiences in history
of black Americans, recently condemning the

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Smithsonian Institution for what he called its divisive
race-centered ideology. Well, I'm definitely saddened by what I see

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I think museums are such an important
part of our culture and our heritage

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Since Trump came to office, government websites
have been scrubbed of hundreds of words

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including injustice and oppression. The Wright Museum, also
in Detroit, focuses on African-American history and culture

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and says it won't be deterred. We will continue to do this
work even when maybe other institutions don't want to do

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it or don't find it valuable. We find it valuable
and a part of really the American experience

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Greenfield Village is home to more than 80
historic structures, including the laboratory

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where Thomas Edison perfected the light bulb.
Jackson House opens to the public next year