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The Old St. Louis Courthouse, site of the Dred Scott decision, has been restored with new accessibility features and is set to reopen May 3.
The Dred Scott challenge isn't a difficult but rewarding ... that the conventional wisdom—vindicated by state-of-the-art originalism, applied by scholars across the ideological spectrum ...
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 ...
From screenings to snowstorms, from rituals to remembrances, we’ve taken the Bates pulse — and now we share it with you. The play reflects on its own form, blurring the line between performance and ...
David C. Driskell & Friends” at the Frist Art Museum in Nashville highlights Driskell’s artistic legacy and the importance of his relationships with fellow artists.
Maryland center Derik Queen made the decision of declaring for the 2025 NBA Draft over the weekend. Fellow University of Maryland alumni and ESPN talk show host Scott Van Pelt was able to ...
“Common law doctrine [of citizenship by birth] was the law of the land until it was erroneously rejected by the Supreme Court in its 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford, which declared that ...
While a Catholic shrine in Lourdes, France, announced on Monday it is covering mosaics by alleged abuser Father Marko Rupnik on the doors to one of its basilicas, another of the world’s most ...
It followed the notorious pre-war Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. The Supreme Court's 7-2 majority ruled in Dred Scott that slaves could never be citizens, even if they were born in the U.S ...