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Professors Christopher Bracey and Martha Jones talked about the background of the 1857 Supreme Court case Dred Scott v. Sandford, in which the court sided 7-2 with slavery and declared that …

National Park Service Historian Bob Moore visited St. Louis’s Old Courthouse, including the courtroom where Dred and Harriet Scott were eventually granted their freedom, and talked about the…

Bob Moore visited Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, and talked about its history. Gateway Arch is the nation’s tallest monument at 630 feet. Designed by architect Eero Saarinen, the arch …

Bob Moore visited Museum of Westward Expansion, where artifacts from the days of explorers Lewis and Clark are preserved, and talked about the world of the 19th century pioneers who helped s…

The C-SPAN School Bus crew visited the St. Louis Arch and Museum and learned about the origin of the Arch. Bob Moore, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Historian, talked about the challe…

The C-SPAN School Bus crew visited the old court house in St. Louis where slave Dred Scott sued for his freedom in a case that eventually made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court.