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Congress votes to remove a bust of the Dred Scott decision's author from the Capitol

1:51pm December 15, 2022

by Ashley Ahn

The bill calls for replacing the bust of former Chief Justice Roger Taney, who wrote the decision upholding slavery, with one of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black person to serve on the high court.

Workers use a crane to lift the monument dedicated to former Chief Justice of the United States Roger Taney in Annapolis, Md., early Friday. The State House Trust voted Wednesday to remove the statue from its grounds.

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Maryland State House Removes Statue Of Judge Who Wrote Dred Scott Decision

1:57pm August 18, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The infamous 1857 decision upheld slavery and declared that blacks were not citizens. Maryland's State House Trust voted Wednesday to remove the statue from its grounds, where it stood for 145 years.