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House approves removal of bust of Supreme Court justice who wrote Dred Scott decision, protecting slavery

Por: CBS News Politics December 15, 2022

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The House has approved the removal from the Capitol of the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney, who wrote the infamous Dred Scott Supreme Court decision denying African Americans U.S. citizenship and protecting the institution of slavery.The , Wednesday afternoon, directs the Joint Committee on Congress on the Library to remove his bust and replace it with a one depicting late Justice , the first Black American to serve on the... + full article



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