In a scathing indictment of police high-handedness, the Allahabad High Court recently come down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh ...

Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters outside of Primanti Bros. Restaurant on Aug. 18, 2024, in Moon Township, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Anna ...

As the U.S. celebrates Black History Month, the Old Courthouse and the Gateway Arch are presenting a variety of programs and films chronicling the rich heritage of African Americans and honoring their ...

The Dred Scott Supreme Court case (1857) is relevant today. The justices decided the states had the right to legalize slavery; thus, guaranteeing the constitutional right of slave owners in the ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation is raising funds for a statute it hopes to place near the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis that would mark the historic role Dred Scott and his ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Martha Jones and Christopher Bracey discussed the legacy of the Dred Scott case and how the decision is seen today. Professors Martha ...

Exactly 151 years ago on April 14, 1873, the U.S. Supreme Court in its Slaughterhouse Cases decision strengthened the premise of the notorious 1857 Dred Scott v. John F. A. Sandford case. As you might ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – FOX 2 continues its honoring of ...

Dred Scott was not a citizen of Missouri within the meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and not entitled as such to sue in its courts; and, consequently, that the Circuit Court had no ...

One of American history’s most influential and iconic civil rights pioneers – Dred Scott – is among the 2020 inductees to the Missouri Public Affairs Hall of Fame, which is curated by Missouri State ...

A Republican national organization shockingly and inaccurately argued that Vice President Kamala Harris is ineligible to run for president, citing a slavery-era Supreme Court decision that ruled Black ...

“We should all be embarrassed by the existence of anyone reaching back to the history of slavery and coming up with the Dred Scott decision and dragging it into the conversation,” Dr. Mary Frances ...