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Carole Ronsenblat

Carole Ronsenblat is a freelance travel writer. Her work has appeared in National Geographic, Afar, Travel + Leisure, Atlas Obscura, CNN Travel and other publications.

After moving 1,093 miles, the Jackson home sits in Greenfield Village, where visitors can tour it beginning this weekend.

The Events That Took Place in This Selma, Alabama, Home Were Key to the Civil Rights Movement, and You Can Now Visit It

The Jackson family opened their home to civil rights leaders planning the Selma-to-Montgomery march, which led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The entire house was recently moved to Greenfield Village at The Henry Ford, in Dearborn, Michigan