Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom in 1847. Ten years later, after a decade of appeals and court reversals, his case was finally brought before the United States Supreme Court.

Dred Scott, who was born a slave in Missouri, traveled with his master to the free territory of Illinois. As a result, Scott later sued his master for freedom, which the lower courts usually granted.

“We should all be embarrassed by the existence of anyone reaching back to the history of slavery and coming up with the Dred ...

The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (NFRA) has cited the infamous 1857 Dred Scott Supreme Court decision, which ...

You know, frankly, in a more hideous way you had that situation prior to the Civil War, in the Dred Scott decision. No, I'm not comparing the two Supreme Courts. What I'm saying is, the Dred Scott ...

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney wrote the Dred Scott decision in 1857, ruling that Black Americans were not and ...

Descendants of the former Supreme Court justice who supported slavery applauded the change during a City Council meeting.

What is your favorite childhood memory? Watching my mother paint beautiful oil on canvas murals and stills. What does Black History Month mean to you? I am honored to carry the name of a ...

Taney authored the majority opinion in the 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, a case where Scott sought freedom due to having lived in a free state. Taney wrote that because Scott was Black ...

They will research China's agricultural history; the intersection of immigration, incarceration, and public health in 19th-century New York City; and Caribbean immigrants' use of cricket and reggae to ...

The project is the brainchild of the artist Dread Scott, who’s been working on its development and planning it for six years. It will come to fruition on November 8 and 9, 2019. Scott first came ...

Compliance with evil—even legal evil—is a choice. Resistance to create a movement to overcome legal evil is also a choice. As Americans turn again to evil, like that offered at Madison Square Garden ...