Latham, Frank Brown

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The Dred Scott decision, March 6, 1857

Relates the background of the Dred Scott case, describes the roles of the principal individuals involved, and discusses the immediate and far reaching effects of this controversial Supreme Court decision.

The Dred Scott decision, March 6, 1857

Relates the background of the Dred Scott case, describes the roles of the principal individuals involved, and discusses the immediate and far reaching effects of this controversial Supreme Court decision.

FDR and the Supreme Court fight, 1937

a President tries to reorganize the Federal judiciary
1972
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt battles with the Supreme Court which he considers too conservative to uphold necessary reform legislation.

The trial of John Peter Zenger, August, 1735

an early fight for America's freedom of the press
1970

The Panic of 1893

a time of strikes, riots, hobo camps, Coxey's "army", starvation, withering droughts, and fears of "revolution"
1971
Chronicles the events leading to the depression of 1893, an economic slump surpassed only by that of the 1930's.

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