The purpose of the birthright provision of the 14th Amendment was wide ranging. It was a direct assault on the dreadful Dred Scott decision, and overturned the...
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Pete Taney knew this day would come. “I’ve been looking over my shoulders all of my life, so this...
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. NNPA Columnist I found myself thinking about the notorious Dred Scott decision (1857) by the U.S. Supreme Court while traveling the streets...