Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) — Bunk History

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Trump and Lincoln Are Opposite Kinds of Presidents

History is not kind to those who divide and dither.

by Francis Wilkinson via Bloomberg on May 3, 2020

COVID-19 and the Color Line

Due to racist policies, Black Americans are dying of COVID-19 at much higher rates than whites, and nowhere more so than in St. Louis.

by Colin Gordon, Walter Johnson, Jamala Rogers, Jason Q. Purnell via Boston Review on April 30, 2020

How the Republican Party Took Over the Supreme Court

The 50-year effort to advance a conservative legal agenda.

by John Fabian Witt via The New Republic on April 7, 2020

An Early Case For Reparations

Two new books tell the stories of people kidnapped and sold into slavery. One of them sued successfully.

by Eric Herschthal via The New Republic on October 16, 2019

The Anti-Slavery Constitution

From the Framers on, Americans have understood our fundamental law to oppose ownership of persons.

by Timothy Sandefur via National Review on September 12, 2019

The ‘Death Penalty’s Dred Scott’ Lives On

In 1987, the Supreme Court came within one vote of eliminating capital punishment in Georgia because of of racial disparities.

by Annika Neklason via The Atlantic on June 14, 2019

The Prophet Is Human

A towering new biography of the great American orator and public intellectual Frederick Douglass.

by Mary F. Corey via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 11, 2019

The Supreme Court Case That Enshrined White Supremacy in Law

How Plessy v. Ferguson shaped the history of racial discrimination in America.

by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on February 4, 2019

On the Supreme Court, Difficult Nominations Have Led to Historical Injustices

When it comes to partisan Supreme Court nominations, history repeats itself.

by Calvin Schermerhorn via The Conversation on September 28, 2018

U.S. Patent Office

The Story of the American Inventor Denied a Patent Because He Was a Slave

What happens when the Patent Office doesn't recognize the inventor as a person at all?

by Matt Novak via Paleofuture on August 28, 2018

Citizens: 150 Years of the 14th Amendment

In 1868, black activists had already been promoting birthright as the basis of their national belonging for nearly half a century.

by Martha S. Jones via Public Books on July 9, 2018

The Court’s Supreme Injustice

How John Marshall, Joseph Story, and Roger Taney strengthened the institution of slavery and embedded in the law a systemic hostility to fundamental freedom and basic justice.

by Allen Mendenhall via Los Angeles Review of Books on May 24, 2018

The 14th Amendment Solved One Citizenship Crisis, But It Created A New One

How birthright citizenship became a barrier for undocumented immigrants.

by Martha S. Jones via Made By History on July 9, 2017

Who Freed the Slaves?

For some time now, the answer has not been the abolitionists.

by Stephanie McCurry via The Nation on September 13, 2016

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