US House to remove bust of judge who wrote Dred Scott decision defending slavery

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Source: The Guardian

The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to remove from the Capitol a bust of Roger Taney, the supreme court justice who in 1857 wrote the Dred Scott decision, justifying slavery and denying that Black people had rights any "white man was bound to respect".

If the new measure is signed into law by Joe Biden, the bust will be removed from outside the old supreme court chamber and replaced by a bust of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black justice.
Written by Martin Pengelly

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It is so satisfying to watch as America flushes our past filth. We are headed in the right direction. No we will not celebrate the horror of slavery in America!