Statue of notorious Dred Scott justice removed from Capitol
The statue of Roger Taney will be replaced by a new work honoring Justice Thurgood Marshall, a champion of civil rights.
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The statue of Roger Taney will be replaced by a new work honoring Justice Thurgood Marshall, a champion of civil rights.
The bust of Roger Taney, the Maryland-born justice who wrote the notorious 1857 Dred Scott decision ruling African Americans were not citizens, has been removed from the U.S. Capitol.