Juneteenth is a federal holiday Thursday marking the day when slaves in Texas were told about the Emancipation Proclamation, ...

Freeloader Friday is your weekly guide to having fun no matter what your budget looks like. Each week we have a list of 100% free events like gallery parties, music, and films in the park, as well as ...

This year’s Twin Cities Juneteenth events include family festivals, movie nights, historical reenactments, art fairs, live ...

A ‘cultural and political war’ continues in Maryland with reports that the Navy is considering renaming vessels bearing the ...

On Saturday evening, June 7, The Mirandola Ensemble will offer musical leadership for a service celebrating the Vigil of ...

Dred and Harriet Scott were only the most famous of the 326 individuals that researchers have identified. Subscribe to the St. Louis Daily newsletter for a smart, succinct guide to local news from ...

Speakers included acclaimed visual artist Cbabi Bayoc, award-winning actress Jenifer Lewis, and Lynne Jackson, great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott. Originally under construction from ...

Dred and Harriet Scott’s great-great-granddaughter Lynne Jackson cut the ribbon on the restored building. Among the first to walk through the newly restored halls was St. Louis native Charity ...

Enslaved people were auctioned from its steps, and more than 300 sued for their freedom there including Dred and Harriet Scott, an enslaved couple, in 1846. The Scotts eventually lost their case ...

People will also have a chance to meet Lynne Jackson, a great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott. "This is a momentous occasion for Gateway Arch National Park, for St. Louis and for our ...

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) has released new research on Dred and Harriet Scott, an enslaved couple who sued for their freedom. The Scott's case went to the Supreme Court in 1856 ...

A 9-foot-tall monument stands in Calvary Cemetery. Jackson said her ancestors, Dred Scott and Harriet Scott, and their legal battle for freedom helped change the course of American history. “ ...