Selma is rich and full of history but there’s also plenty left to be unearthed.

We were excited to hear about plans to publicly open up the Jackson House, which served as the headquarters in planning the historic march from Selma to Montgomery that led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

It’s clear that the house, as much as any other structure in Selma, played a huge role in the civil rights movement.

Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, the owner of the house, wrote a book titled “The House by the Side of the Road: The Selma Civil Rights Movement” which discusses her time growing up in Alabama during the Civil Rights campaign. In the book, she mentions Martin Luther King Jr., Dr. Ralph Abernathy and other leaders sharing the home.

The plan is to turn the house into the Jackson Foundation and Museum, which would allow the general public to view the house for the first time. When the museum opens, the public should embrace an opportunity to see where many brave leaders changed the course of history.

The house served as a type of informal headquarters for civil rights leaders during the voting rights movement and now should attract visitors from many different locales. It’ll be another historical museum for all of us to be proud of.