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Slavery and the Republic
20 Feb 2026 17:39 GMT
… Justice Roger Taney in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) … entitled to freedom, lest their possession of slaves make … tolerance and practice of slavery violated their professed principles … Washington, whose attitude towards slavery was gradually evolving, refused …
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Gary Franks: Black History Month: Here’s dubious distinction of most racist 20th Century president.
20 Feb 2026 10:23 GMT
… their heart.
It took the Civil Rights movement which included peaceful protests … that it was the post-Civil Rights era. No, do not take … ;5 of whites per the Dred Scott court decision or the Plessy …
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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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A Century of Black History Veneration, how a Week Became a Movement, and Why 2026 Matters
18 Feb 2026 11:46 GMT
… symbol that terrified slaveholders and emboldened the enslaved … of student activists, Freedom Riders and voting-rights … the courtroom setbacks, like Dred Scott, that radicalized new resistance … When Brown and the civil rights statutes toppled those pillars …
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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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Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship
18 Feb 2026 00:50 GMT
… offset the Supreme Court case, Dred Scott v. Sanford, in which the … courts do not protect Black slaves because they were not citizens …
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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 …
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Nevada AG Aaron Ford Weaponizes Black History Month to Double Down on Birthright Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants
16 Feb 2026 22:51 GMT
… to grant citizenship to freed slaves, overturning Dred Scott. But his portrayal as …
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‘They Wanted a Trophy’: Minnesota Activists Reflect on Arrests
16 Feb 2026 10:32 GMT
… freedom in 1843. The Supreme Court ruled in its 1857 Dred Scott … back to at least the Civil Rights era, and was used … alongside Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney, founder of the Racial … by legal experts and press freedom advocates as a baseless …