Dred Scott, an enslaved man who lost his bid for freedom, will be honored with a new memorial monument at Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis on Saturday. In 1846, Scott and his wife, Harriet, filed their ...

Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case. By signing up, you confirm ...

October 1. Wow. Does anybody else have the feeling this year is racing toward its conclusion? Maybe it's the fake Christmas trees that have already started popping-up at my local drug store. But it's ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday that calls for removing from the Capitol a bust of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision that held ...

Black History Month peaks in Huntsville over the next several days with free performances on the life and legacy of Dred Scott, the former Madison County slave whose fight for freedom after leaving ...

For two brief periods of his life, Dred Scott was a free man. The first period of freedom began with the decision of a St. Louis jury in January 1850 and continued until March 1852. During that time, ...

Dec. 15 (UPI) --The House on Wednesday passed legislation that will remove a Capitol statue of Dred Scott decision author Supreme Court Justice Roger Brooke Taney and replace it with a bust of ...

Dred Scott, the former slave who sued for his freedom in a St. Louis court and helped galvanize anti-slavery efforts around the nation in the 19th century, was inducted Wednesday into the Hall of ...

For two brief periods of his life, Dred Scott was a free man. The first period of freedom began with the decision of a St. Louis jury in January 1850 and continued until March 1852. During that time, ...