D-E’s eighth graders made a mark with their research and presentation skills at the MS History Day Fair, for which the theme was rights and responsibilities. Globally impactful topics included the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (by Max S. and Meissa T.), the Bolshevik Revolution (by Anastasia G. and Jazlyn H.), the Polio Vaccine (by Sophia V. and Aria S.), and more. Layla T. presented on Dred Scott v. Sandford, the landmark 1857 Supreme Court case that ruled that Black people were not U.S. citizens and therefore had no constitutional rights and protections. “I learned so much,” says Layla, including how the justices on the court had a conflict of interest because they owned slaves.