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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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Tag: Learnings

The acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught.

Learnings…

Particularly Relevant

4 Jul 20254 Jul 2025
On this day, we remember Nina Simone's famous quote about "freedom." "I'll tell you what freedom is to me: No fear!" This quote encapsulates her view that true freedom is…
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Lesson Plan: Dred and Harriet Scott in Context

19 Mar 202525 Aug 2025
This lesson plan helps teachers contextualize the Dred Scott decision by exploring a variety of freedom suits brought by other enslaved Black people in St. Louis during the first half…
Community…

Rescuing History: Rediscovering the St. Louis Freedom Suits

4 Jul 202424 Aug 2025
PRESIDENT’S NOTE It was almost eight years into my service of helping Judge Mason make the Freedom Suits Memorial a reality that I learned the amazing back story about how…
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We Must Remember

16 Jun 202416 Jun 2024
Fredrick Douglass’ speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” remains a relevant lamentation. The presence of the Freedom Suits Memorial stands as another acknowledgement and reminder of…
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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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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…
Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation
100 N. 4th Street
Suite 900
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
United States
stlfreedomsuits@gmail.com
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  • Cultural Humanities: Art, Music, Literature, Photography
  • Donate
  • Freedom and Slavery in American Art
  • Freedom Statutes and Laws
  • Judges
  • Lawyers
  • Our Generous Donors
  • Recommended Movies and VODs
  • Recommended Reading
  • About Our Foundation
  • Meet Our Board
  • The Freedom Suits
    • Educational Resources
    • Rescuing History: Rediscovering the St. Louis Freedom Suits
  • Freedom Suit Plaintiffs: Profiles in Courage
  • The Memorial
    • Elements of Freedom Plaza
  • BRONZE PLAQUE HONORS COUNTLESS ENSLAVED BLACK AMERICANS INHUMANELY TRAFFICKED BY SLAVE TRADER BERNARD LYNCH
  • HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY DR. CARTER G. WOODSON
  • ANOTHER FIRST IN REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE ST. LOUIS FREEDOM SUITS PLAINTIFFS – OUR ANNUAL REPORT
  • Particularly Relevant
  • Freedom Plaza Added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

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