Jackson said her ancestors, Dred Scott and Harriet Scott, and their legal battle for freedom helped change the course of American history. “To be a great, great granddaughter to Scott ...

Dred Scott first went to trial to sue for his freedom ... In what is perhaps the most infamous case in its history, the court decided that all people of African ancestry -- slaves as well as ...

One of the historic building's four first-floor galleries will now focus on how the infamous Dred Scott case was a product of ...

The case before the court was that of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Dred Scott, a slave who had lived in the free state of Illinois and the free territory of Wisconsin before moving back to the slave ...

Researchers found nearly 300 similar suits between 1814 and 1860, and more than a third of these people achieved their ...

Watching my mother paint beautiful oil on canvas murals and stills. What does Black History Month mean to you? I am honored to carry the name of a significant figure and moment of Black History.