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A Special Day for Dred and Harriet

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By American staff

A full day of festivities on August 12 at the Missouri History Museum will commemorate the day that Dred and Harriet Scott were granted their freedom.

“Harriet and Dred Scott are true American heroes,” Dred Scott Heritage Foundation President and Founder Lynne M. Jackson, told The American just before the bronze statue bearing their likeness was unveiled downtown back in 2012.

Next Saturday (August 12), The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation and collaborative partners the Missouri History Museum and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will spend the entire day commemorating the 160thanniversary of the day when the Scotts received their freedom.

Though the activities will be held in August, the actual date their freedom was granted was May 26, 1857.

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Missouri History Museum St. Louis Civil Rights Struggle Exhibit

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St. Louis has a long and documented history of challenging racial injustice. This history includes several key battles having long-lasting impact on the City of St. Louis and the nation as a whole. The Missouri History Museum’s recent installation #1 In Civil Rights, The African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis presents the accounts of this history that has been too often unacknowledged.

For information about this exhibit, please visit: http://mohistory.org/civilrights

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Historic Healing & Reconciliation 160th Annversary Of Dred Scott Decision Monday March 6, 2017

MARYLAND STATE HOUSE ANNAPOLIS, MD – 3/2/2017 — NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE  NAACP Anne Arundel County, Maryland Branch P.O. 6210 Annapolis Maryland 21401   Phone: 443-883-5151  www.annearundelcountynaacp.org

A CALL FOR RACIAL HEALING & RECONCILIATION ON  THE 160TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DRED SCOTT DECISION Monday, March 6, 2017

THE EVENT

On Monday, March 6, 2017, at 11:30 am, the 160th anniversary of the Dred Scott decision, there will be a historic apology made for The Dred Scott Decision at The Robert Brooke Taney statue in front of the Maryland State House.   The Descendants of both former Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney and The Dred Scott family are coming together on March 6th for two reasons. First, to reconfirm the reconciliation of the Scotts and Taneys, with accompanying apology and forgiveness. Second, to speak against the removal of the Roger Brooke Taney statue Maryland State Capitol Grounds.  Instead, they see an opportunity for reconciliation via the erection of statues of Dred Scott and Frederick Douglass to stand in a position of dialogue with Roger Brooke Taney, along with an educational display on the Dred Scott decision and its aftermath.  And, they will help raise the funds for the Dred Scott statue. The Scotts and Taneys believe that Americans should learn from their history, not bury their history.

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http://www.crossroadstoday.com/story/34647475/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017

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160th Anniversary of The Dred Scott Decision

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The events scheduled in Annapolis, MD for Monday, March 6, on the 160th Anniversary of the Dred Scott Decision presents hope for generations to come.

Click any of the links below to view fast-growing coverage of this momentous event!  In total this was covered in over 200 newspapers across the nation as well as the UK and Hawaii.  Not all links may be active at this time.

http://www.snjtoday.com/story/34647475/historic-healing-reconciliation-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-monday-march-6-2017

http://www.livewirereporter.com/story/104292/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://www.trentonchronicle.com/story/115817/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://www.pressreleaserocket.net/historic-healing-reconciliation-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-monday-march-6-2017/521625/

http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3255806http://www.globaltechnologyreport.com/story/109029/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

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http://www.wfmj.com/story/34647475/historic-healing-reconciliation-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-monday-march-6-2017

http://www.wktv.com/story/34647475/historic-healing-reconciliation-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-monday-march-6-2017

http://www.usandcanadareport.com/story/116465/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://video.wtxl.com/story/34647475/historic-healing-reconciliation-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-monday-march-6-2017

http://www.marylandnewsdesk.com/story/121078/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

https://dredscottlives.org/author/theyhadrights/http://www.michigannewsupdates.com/story/121051/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://www.mainenewsreporter.com/story/117246/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://www.phoenixnewsdesk.com/story/114479/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://www.getnews.info/595501/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://www.eastcoastsentinel.com/story/105656/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://www.southcarolina-magazine.com/story/113913/historic-healing-reconciliation-l-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-l-monday-march-6-2017.html

http://www.kfmbfm.com/story/34647475/historic-healing-reconciliation-160th-annversary-of-dred-scott-decision-monday-march-6-2017http://minnlawyer.com/2017/02/23/dred-scott-descendant-preserves-history/

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Dred Scott Day of Reconciliation

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Descendants of those involved in Dred Scott case gather for daylong event.

by Eileen P. Duggan

The Dred Scott slavery legal case resulted in much division and drama — including the Civil War — but a local foundation has been working for a decade to heal the animosities between the people affected by this and other historical divisions.The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation held its first Reconciliation Conference Dec. 3 at the Frontenac Hilton, bringing together descendants of Dred and Harriet Scott, their former owners, the Supreme Court Justice involved in the case and even descendants of President Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson Davis.

“For more than a decade we have had the concept to meet and find common ground with other descendants of history makers, especially those surrounding the Dred Scott Decision,” said Lynne Jackson, who founded the organization in 2007 with her husband, Brian. “We are grateful that descendants of some of the history makers and many others have come together as the Dred Scott Sons and Daughters of Reconciliation.”

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United Cry

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United Cry in Washington DC

On April 9, 2016, The attendees of the National call to Cry Out for restoration and reconciliation saw the symbolic repentance in the act of a foot washing ceremony for descendants of Martin Luther King, Jr., Alex Halley and William Ford and Dred Scott. Bishop Harry Jackson presided over this section of the day long event with Mike Berry and many pastors as all work priest mantles of authority in recognition of this historic event.