Dred Scott

Two archival exhibits to help St. Louisans better understand the city’s role in slavery are coming to the Civil Courts building in downtown St. Louis beginning Tuesday. People can learn about the city’s racist past through historical artifacts, stories from the enslaved and lesser-known freedom suits court pleadings.

After a push in recent years from advocates and state legislators, the St. Louis Cardinals signaled they're open to placing markers at the Lynch slave pen site among others in the area.

Dred Scott, the enslaved man whose case made it to the U.S. Supreme Court, is getting a new memorial monument. The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation is dedicating the monument in his honor on Saturday at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.

The City of St. Louis presented copies of key documents about the lives of Dred and Harriet Scott to Lynne Jackson, a descendant of the Scotts and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation. They include materials that have been freshly restored and digitized.

St. Louis Circuit Court will honor the men and women who filed freedom suits in St. Louis — and the lawyers who worked on them.

The Field House history will be on full display starting Wednesday as part of the museum’s “Momentous Milestones” exhibit.

New and revamped exhibits at the Old Courthouse in St. Louis will better represent African American history in the city, particularly the story of Dred and Harriet Scott, who famously sued for their freedom there.

Lynne Jackson sometimes struggles to find her great-great-grandfather’s grave. Located in north St. Louis’ sprawling and historic Calvary Cemetery, the headstone is just two and a half feet high. A cemetery map helps, and on it, his grave is indicated in the key, with the number 19 beside his name: Dred Scott. It’s a modest memorial, and it’s also “the most asked-for grave out there,” said Jackson, who last week launched a fundraiser in hopes of creating a nine-foot-tall educational memorial at the spot.

Missouri’s Legislative Black Caucus on Monday highlighted legislation they’ve filed to honor and remember the work done by African American Missourians.…

Hundreds of African Americans who fought for their freedom in St. Louis courts will soon be commemorated in front of one of the city's oldest legal…