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Posted by: Jennifer Davis
The following Pic of the Week is a guest post by Alexander Salopek about the Old Courthouse of the Dred Scott Decision located in St. Louis, Missouri.
Posted in: African American History, Federal Judiciary, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Kelly Goles
A blog post about the agricultural pursuits of George Washington Carver
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 escalated tensions over slavery and this blog article tells the story of famous resistance in the Oberlin-Wellington Rescue of 1858.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer González
This blog article tells the stories of two enslaved people, Thomas Sims and Anthony Burns, that escape in Boston, Massachusetts, and become fugitive slaves under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
Posted in: African American History, Guest Post, Law Library
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
This post explains the background and intent of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Anna Price
A blog post about the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the US Supreme Court.
Posted in: African American History, In the News, Law Library, Women's History
Posted by: Jennifer Davis
A post about Dovey Johnson Roundtree, a civil rights attorney.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library
Posted by: Kelly Goles
The Pic of the Week is of the Thurgood Marshall House in Baltimore.
Posted in: African American History, Collections, Law Library, Pic of the Week
Posted by: Anna Price
A blog post about the poshumous pardon by the Louisiana governor of Homer Plessy
Posted in: African American History, In the News, Law Library