Dred Scott Decision: The Case and Its Impact | ThoughtCo.

By Robert Longley, ThoughtCo. Dred Scott v. Sandford, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857, declared that black people, whether free or slave, could not be American citizens and were thus constitutionally unable to sue for citizenship in the federal courts. The Court’s majority opinion also declared that the 1820 Missouri Compromise was […]

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When South Africans Declared ‘Liberation’ at Two Whites-Only Beaches | Los Angeles Sentinel

Global Information Network, Los Angeles Sentinel [dropcap]C[/dropcap]South Africa witnessed the beginning of the end of Whites-only beaches thirty years ago this week after an action launched by the Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″] It was part of an escalating campaign to defy apartheid. Throngs of demonstrators were chased down Cape Town streets by police […]

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