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Students confront St. Louis' slavery legacy as plaque is set to go up near Busch Stadium
23 Jan 2026 13:17 GMT
… purchased property once owned by Dred Scott’s enslavers, Peter and Henry … hand about the history of slavery and racial injustice. Their … said in a statement:
“From Dred Scott's chains that denied … dad's plea for freedom from the MLB reserve clause …
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Minnesota Goddam - In the Twin Cities, the hand of a polluted country reaches to choke the future out of us.
05 Feb 2026 18:52 GMT
… its way, freedom from the vestiges of chattel slavery within reach at … ’t send accountants, they sent slave catchers to round people up … where the enslaved Dred Scott saw a portal to his freedom, land where …
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Moore’s Flag Contradiction Claim Draws Scrutiny
05 Feb 2026 05:06 GMT
… reporters. She focused instead on civil rights concerns, saying the state faces … Brooke Taney, author of the Dred Scott decision, was removed from State …
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The Black Codes must not define America’s fundamental freedoms
04 Feb 2026 15:13 GMT
… relations that prevailed under slavery; this included restricting Black … to subjugate newly freed slaves and maintain the prewar … touching on matters such as freedom of movement, ownership of … Taney, in the infamous Dred Scott decision, “offered what he …
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Music creating social change: Law professor discusses blues in the Civil Rights era
08 Nov 2025 00:34 GMT
… minority.”
The Dred Scott case and the Fugitive Slave Laws of the … , Pimentel said, is because freedom of speech is a difficult … other Black artists in the Civil Rights era became incredibly popular … legal reforms but also with freedom of speech.
“The path …
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Dred Scott ruling denied Black citizenship, fueled white supremacy
06 Nov 2025 11:09 GMT
… tensions over slavery, Dred Scott’s obscure “freedom suit” took … , effectively reversed Dred Scott by abolishing slavery (except as … Americans.
Fleeting freedom for Dred Scott
Soon after Dred Scott, descendants … Marshall, the great civil rights lawyer who in …
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Decades-Old Controversy: Should St. Louis Have a National Park?
04 Feb 2026 00:40 GMT
… site of the well-known Dred Scott cases from 1847 and … persons, sued for their freedom in the Circuit Court of … the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property, not citizens, … an important history about American slavery — a story inevitably overshadowed …
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Mystal Calls Judge Roberts 'Biggest Enemy' of Blacks Since Dred Scott
20 Oct 2025 02:57 GMT
… Supreme Court since the pro-slavery Dred Scott decision from the 1850s.
His … Roger Taney, who authored the Dred Scott decision.
He then took a … Roger Taney, who authored the Dred Scott decision.
Now, white media generally …
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Considering History: Minnesota’s Black History and America’s Defining Diversity
03 Feb 2026 03:29 GMT
… a person, Dred Scott would come to reflect slavery’s inescapably … constitution. She won her freedom, but an angry white … Godfrey fought for his freedom in a strikingly distinct … spearhead fights for countless civil rights issues, including women’s …
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Supreme Court’s racial profiling decision is Dred Scott all over again
18 Sep 2025 21:54 GMT
… they're working with slave catchers. (Original author: … racism!”
“Court-imposed apartheid!”
“Dred Scott reborn!”
All of the above … contemporary reflection.
In the Dred Scott case, to make a … and the 19th-century Dred Scott ruling.
The Roberts Court …