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FREEDOM SUITS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

FREEDOM SUITS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION

Committed to sharing the stories of the St. Louis freedom suits and the long Black freedom struggle in the United States.

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Elements of The Memorial

20 Oct 202330 Oct 2025
INTRODUCTION The Freedom Suits Memorial has been the dream of Founder, the Honorable David C. Mason since before 2010.  He campaigned with tireless devotion to make the dream a reality.  In 2014…
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Ceremony for New Cemetery Monument for Dred Scott

6 Oct 202328 Dec 2023
This past Saturday, just two weeks after the 165th anniversary of the death of Dred Scott, his great-great granddaughter, Lynne M. Jackson, led a ceremony dedicating a new, fitting, nine-foot-tall,…
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Our Inaugural Year

21 Jun 202328 Jan 2024
All the members of the Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation Board of Directors are very excited about our launching a website to begin what we realize will be an ambitious educational…
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Juneteenth Perspectives

12 Jun 202328 Jan 2024
The Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation celebrates Juneteenth by examining its history and its potential impact on current generations of all ethnicities. Compelling reading: "The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth," from the…
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Advance the Mission

10 Jun 202328 Jan 2024
Please join me, board members, and our other donors in launching the newly-formed Foundation’s educational efforts. Our goal is to help enhance the dream sculpture project of Memorial founder, the…
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Branding the Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation

10 Jun 202328 Dec 2023
When Lynne M. Jackson, Founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation reached out to let me know she had recommended me to Judge Mason and board members to provide a…

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