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 ...

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 – ...

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 ...

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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 ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – A family member of the chief justice who presided over the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision has apologized to the family of the slave who tried to sue for his freedom. On ...

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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 ...

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 ...