The Freedom Suits Statue outside the Civic Courts Building downtown has been added to theNational Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program. Created by created by civil rights artist Preston Jackson, the statue commemorates 326 St. Louis Black Americans, including Dred and Harriett Scott, who sought freedom from enslavement by filing lawsuits in the circuit courts […]
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