The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation honored 16 people at their Freedom Awards Reception today, celebrating their 20th anniversary and the honorees' lifetime of service in their respective fields.

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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 ...

The Dred Scott Heritage Foundation is celebrating 16 Freedom Fighters at the Dred Scott Freedom Awards in a few weeks. The award recognizes individuals who have given a lifetime of ...

U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Photo Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Justice Clarence Thomas, in his most recent concurring opinion, again raises the issue of whether “substantive due process” ...

There seem to be three camps of people in this country when it comes to reliving U.S. history: I asked myself this question when Atlanta defense attorney and pundit Andrew Fleischman raised the ...

A statue recognizing the major historic role played by Dred Scott and his wife, Harriet, will be unveiled on Friday, June 8 at the Old Courthouse, the site where the couple petitioned in 1846 for ...

Your donation fuels local reporting and heats a home through the Warmth Support Program. Dred Scott died of tuberculosis in 1858, the year after the court decision that bears his name. Wikimedia ...

The controversial Dred Scott case of 1857 is considered a hallmark in the question of slavery in the United States. Few realize that Scott once lived at Fort Snelling in St. Paul in present-day ...

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 ...

A family member of the chief justice who presided over the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott decision has apologized to the family of the slave who tried to sue for his freedom. On Monday, the 160-year ...

A Harvard University symposium will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Dred Scott decision. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will join dozens of other legal experts who will revisit the case ...