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Award, Event, Recognition

Dred Scott Freedom Awards Reception 2026

YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND OUR RECEPTION AND CELEBRATE WITH US 16 OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE GIVEN A LIFETIME OF SERVICE AND ARE MOST WORTHY OF RECOGNITION

Zaki Baruti
Lois Conley
Etta Daniels
Tom Guignon
Dr. Malika Horn
Fr. Gerald Kleba
Brenda Mahr
Dr. Art McCoy

Michael P. McMillan
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland
Dr. Sowandé Mustakeem
Eugene Redmond
Michelle Tucker
Honorable Judge Milton Wharton
Pastor Aeneas Williams
Dr. John Wright

Mistress of Ceremonies
Dr. Kelley Hoskins, FOX2News Award Winning Journalist

Tickets for this exclusive black-tie event are $125.00 per/person
This is a black-tie affair but tuxes are NOT required.

Register here!

Legacy Sponsorships

We invite you to support us with your sponsorships and be a part of the souvenir program.

Dred Scott Freedom Sponsor Level $10,000
Harriet Scott Courage Sponsor Level $7,500
Abraham Lincoln Leadership Sponsor Level $5,000
Roswell Field Advocate Sponsor Level $ 3,000
Taylor Blow and John Lebourgeois Family Level Sponsor Level $1,000
Eliza and Lizzie Scott Family Sponsor Level $500
Program Support Ads $100

Become a sponsor now!

Peggy Lewis LeCompte
Reception Chairman
[email protected]
(618) 593-7196

Lynne Madison Jackson
President & Founder
[email protected]
(314) 532-5613

Announcement, Collaborate

New Science Fiction Reading Club

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#ANewChapter: A Science Fiction Reading Club is the latest installment of Reading: A Civil Right, a division of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation’s literature program.

The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation, The Imagine Society, and the Green Hill Juvenile Detention Center have partnered together and selected a Science Fiction Reading Club as our first collaboration! This February, we’re inviting all teen readers to celebrate the science in science fiction and how young people can positively impact their future! The reading club is an exciting new project for 2023 in The Imagine Society’s #ANewChapter and The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation’s “Reading: A Civil Right” campaigns uniting young readers across the country and beyond! The book selection features exciting classic and contemporary titles!

Science made it possible for robots to stroll through the canyons and craters on Mars, and for you to scroll through the posts and profiles on the internet. The study of science has led to amazing discoveries that have opened our world to limitless possibilities. It’s also part of the things that help us every day. Whether big like a black hole or small like a microchip, our present and our future are shaped by science. These technological advancements can help our world in extraordinary ways and other times may feel like they hurt us or hinder certain communities. This fall we challenge you to imagine YOUR future while reading SCIENCE FICTION!

THANK YOU Jeannie, Danielle, and Julie.

How can you get involved? It’s easy!

Announcement, Education

Documentary AMEND narrated by Will Smith Features Scott and Taney Descendants

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Producer and actor Will Smith narrates this fresh look at ‘Who is America’ in this new documentary, “AMEND” on Netflix which started February 17, 2021 produced by The Documentary Group. The Dred Scott and Justice Taney families are featured in this six (6) part docuseries on the 14th Amendment. 

Charlie Taney and Lynne Jackson are seen in a program and news clip from Virginia Union University (2020) and Annapolis, Maryland. (2016) regarding reconciliation in Part 1. Plan to watch this new treatment on citizenship. With our thanks to co-producer Libby Kreutz. Watch on Netflix now.

Article from the Chicago-Sun Times on the Docuseries AMEND
https://chicago.suntimes.com/movies-and-tv/2021/2/16/22285613/amend-review-fight-for-america-netflix-series-will-smith-mahershala-ali