The Dred Scott Heritage FoundationHarvard Law School Symposium Titled
The Dred Scott Decision: Race, Law and Equality
April 7, 2007
Dr. Charles Olgletree, Jr. is esteemed Jesse Limenko professor at the Harvard School of Law and founder of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Equality. Dr. Olgletree, honored the 150th Anniversary of the Dred Scott Decision by holding a symposium titled, The Dred Scott Decision: Race, Law and Equality on April 6 and 7, 2007. By his most gracious invitation, Lynne M. Jackson, descendant of Dred and Harriet Scott and founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation attended the symposium and was profoundly moved and delighted by the whole experience. A Press Release was written as she returned to St. Louis recording the amazing events of the previous two days. Dr. Ogletree’s Institute at Harvard and Ms. Jackson’s Racial Reconciliation Initiative of the Foundation in St. Louis are alike in desiring to see a better America for ALL its citizens. Education and History and Reconciliation are major emphases of both organizations.
