News & media

Below you will find links to various media that highlight the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation and our mission of Commemoration, Education, and Reconciliation.

Interview with Judy Redlich on Encounter, a Bott Radio Network Community Program for Black History Month.
February 2024

Descendant of Dred and Harriet Scott shares journey at St. Louis County Black history event
February 2024

Living St. Louis Interview with Ruth Ezell
January 2024

Dred Scott Memorial Monument Dedication
September 30, 2023

Dred Scotts Struggle for Freedom Honored with New Memorial – PBS News Hour

Dred Scott’s Great-Great-Granddaughter Erects New Monument Fitting of His Legacy – St Louis NPR

Travel: If in St. Louis be sure to see the new Dred Scott monument at Calvary Cemetery

https://www.blackcatholicmessenger.com/dred-scott-grave-marker-dedication/

https://www.archstl.org/new-dred-scott-memorial-at-calvary-cemetery-sheds-light-on-his-life-quest-for-freedom-from-slavery-9042

https://www.einnews.com/pr_news/659877502/lynne-jackson-the-great-great-granddaughter-of-dred-scott-presents-new-memorial-at-dred-scott-s-gravesite-in-st-louis

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/government-politics/new-memorial-at-dred-scotts-gravesite-in-st-louis-is-honorable-marker-of-his-legacy/article_7b6f7a3a-5bbf-11ee-9cfe-0ff5656aa61e.html

https://www.kmov.com/2023/09/29/new-memorial-dred-scott-be-dedicated-saturday/

https://www.stlamerican.com/black_history/a-fitting-monument-for-heroic-dred-scott/article_59740310-62f9-11ee-8515-af4e4f37c975.html#tncms-source=article-nav-next

https://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view/upi/6bcb8bfe887e571915c07a577cfe6531/Dred-Scotts-Great-Great-Granddaughter-Erects-New-Monument/

https://www.missourinet.com/2023/10/26/a-new-memorial-for-one-of-the-united-states-largest-historic-figures-listen/

Freedom Suits Website: Ceremony for New Cemetery Monument for Dred Scott

More Perfect Podcast replayed in July 2023 was the veery first episode by Julia Longoria, Host and Managing Editor for WNYC.
July 2023

More Perfect Podcast – American Pendulum II
Summary: In this episode of More Perfect, two families grapple with one terrible Supreme Court decision. Dred Scott v. Sandford is one of the most infamous cases in Supreme Court history: in 1857, a slave named Dred Scott filed a suit for his freedom and lost. In his decision, Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney wrote that black men “had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.” One civil war and more than a century later, the Taneys and the Scotts reunite at a Hilton in Missouri to figure out what reconciliation looks like in the 21st century.

The Call to Justic with Amos Jones
(Podcast) October 21, 2023

No Tears Project St. Louis: Recognition Before Reconciliation Panel Discussion
(Video) April 26, 2023

Conversations with Kenyatta
September 13, 2022

Freedom Suits Memorial Unveiling
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/freedom-fighters-memorial-st-louis/

https://youtu.be/RKOs7-h9ufk
June 20, 2022

Black and Latino Achievers Program: March 2022 Goal Planning Series
March 29-31, 2022

Speak to the City Celebration of Gratitude with Dred Scott 2022
(Video) March 26, 2022

PODCAST: GLORIA PURVIS AMERICA MEDIA
March 8, 2022

Missouri Public Affairs Hall of Fame 2022
October 20, 2021

Before Brown v. Board of Education
May 17, 2021

Lynne M. Jackson receives third award from DAR
April 17, 2021

Overton Nation Celebrating Heritage – Preserving Legacy
February 27, 2021