Unfortunately, a recent federal Court of Appeals decision breathed new life into Dred Scott’s odious notion of race-based citizenship. In Fitisemanu v. United States, the Tenth Circuit held that ...

A descendant of the couple who sued in the Dred Scott decision spoke to attendees at a Black history event in St. Louis about her family's lawsuit for their freedom. A descendant of Dred and ...

There seem to be three camps of people in this country when it comes to reliving U.S. history: Those on the side of embracing our history — even when it’s discriminatory — remembering and ...

The Scott v. Sandford decision sparked outrage and drove the nation closer to civil war four years later. Lynne Jackson is the great-great-granddaughter of Dred and Harriet Scott and founder of ...

“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 ...

The Equal Justice Initiative has released new research into Dred and Harriet Scott, who were enslaved and sued for their freedom, which led to a historic Supreme Court decision that was only ...