Special Juneteenth Event: The Milly Project: A unique Freedom Suit Case and its Historical Implications
Co-sponsored by the Law Library Association and the Freedom Suits Memorial Foundation
“The Milly Project” is a heroic-turned-tragic, true story about Milly Sawyers, an enslaved Black woman, who filed two freedom suits in St. Louis, and then finally won her third, which she filed in Springfield, Missouri. Playwright Kendra Chappell has used Milly’s story to bookend her communication of a singular, but powerful, arc of the experiences of Black Americans from before the Civil War and up to the Black Lives Matter movement. This video production of “The Milly Project” will be followed by a discussion led by distinguished panelists, including:
Lynne M. Jackson, great-great granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott; Founder and President of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation
Greg Carr, Assistant Professor, Harris-Stowe State University
Judge David C. Mason, 22nd Judicial Circuit; Founder, Freedom Suits Memorial
Rob Good, Scholar in Residence, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Date: Tuesday June 18, 2024
Location: Law Library Association of St. Louis, 10 N. Tucker Blvd., 13th Floor
Time: 4:30 to 5:00 PM--Check-in and Welcome Reception
5:00 to 7:00 PM-film screening followed by panel discussion
Register: This event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required. Click here to register.
