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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A full day of festivities on August 12 at the Missouri History Museum will commemorate the day that Dred and Harriet Scott were granted their freedom. “Harriet and Dred Scott are true American heroes, ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Barbara Thomas’s “Broken Is Mended” panel, which was installed at Yale's Grace Hopper College -- ...

Lynne M. Jackson smiled for a photograph in front of the Dred and Harriet Scott statue outside St. Louis’ Old Courthouse. “Is she someone famous?” said Pastor T, a curious minister passing by carrying ...

We were as bewildered as anyone on Friday night when President Bush referenced the Dred Scott decision when asked what kind of Supreme Court justices he would appoint. Was he making a play for the ...

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Dred Scott and Harriet Scott wood engravings after photographs by John H. Fitzgibbon, St. Louis, Mo. (Wikimedia) “Our word isn’t racism. It’s relationship.” Those are the words of Lynne Jackson, the ...

This year marks the 150th anniversary of what may be the Supreme Court's most notorious ruling: the Dred Scott decision. Later reversed, the Court ruled that slaves had no standing before the high ...