It was 1995 when Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, heard a prompting from God. “You should study Dred Scott,” Jackson recalled hearing. “And I said out loud ‘Yeah ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On March 6, 1857, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in the Dred Scott case, which had a direct impact on the coming of ...
ST. LOUIS – The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation is celebrating 16 Freedom Fighters at the Dred Scott Freedom Awards in a few ...
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who President Biden nominated to the Supreme Court to become the first ever Black female justice, admitted Tuesday that she could not recall the basis for the infamous ...
Lynne Jackson, the great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott, photographed at the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis in front of a statue of her ancestors. (Missouri Lawyers Media) ST. LOUIS – ...
The name Dred Scott is synonymous with the struggle for freedom. Now, 165 years after the Supreme Court case that bears his name, Scott’s gravesite is a memorial befitting that legacy. NewsHour ...
The controversial Dred Scott case of 1857 is considered a hallmark in the question of slavery in the United States. Few realize that Scott once lived at Fort Snelling in St. Paul in present-day ...
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Dred Scott and Harriet Robinson Scott in an illustration from the Library of Congress. CATHY WURZER: You know, we started a Minnesota history segment on this show not too long ago and called it ...
On this day in 1857, the Supreme Court ruled all blacks living in the United States — slaves as well as free — could never become citizens. It also invalidated the Missouri Compromise of 1820, thereby ...
The name Dred Scott is synonymous with the struggle for freedom. Now, 165 years after the Supreme Court case that bears his name, Scott’s gravesite is a memorial befitting that legacy. NewsHour ...