McCarthy Building Companies Assistant Superintendent Dustin Roberts power washes brickwork surrounding the covered statue of the Dred and Harriet Scott outside the Old Courthouse Thursday, June 7 ...

Dred Scott’s statue, which stands in front of the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis, symbolizes a major turning point in the fight against slavery.

The story of Dred and Harriet Scott and their fight for freedom is told inside one of the new galleries at the Old Courthouse, seen during a media preview of its renovation on Wednesday, March 26 ...

It was here that the Dred Scott case unfolded, resulting in a U.S. Supreme Court decision that denied citizenship to African Americans and helped spark the Civil War.

ST. LOUIS — After years of restoration, the Old Courthouse — home to landmark civil rights cases like Dred Scott v. Sandford and Virginia Minor's fight for women's suffrage — officially ...

Lynne Jackson, the great-great-granddaughter of Dred Scott, is working to keep his legacy alive. Jackson is also the founder of the Dred Scott Heritage Foundation. A 9-foot-tall monument stands in ...