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McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case related to the power of a state to use its tax-supported public school system to aid religious instruction. The case was a test of the separation of church and state with respect to education.
Vashti Cromwell McCollum (November 6, 1912 – August 20, 2006) was the plaintiff in the landmark 1948 Supreme Court case McCollum v. Board of Education , which struck down religious education in public schools.
In 1945, Vashti McCollum brought legal action against the Champaign, Illinois public school district. McCollum was the mother of a student in the district. McCollum's suit stated that her eight-year-old son had been coerced and ostracized by school officials because her family had chosen to not participate in the district's in-school religious instruction program.
In the United States, individual school districts may offer the option of released time for religious instruction in compliance with the 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case, McCollum v. Board of ...
In the United States, school districts may offer the option of released time for religious instruction in compliance with the 1948 U.S. Supreme Court case, McCollum v. Board of Education and the ...
McCollum v. Board of Education: 333 U.S. 203 (1948) Separation of church and state, constitutionality of released time in public schools Shelley v. Kraemer: 334 U.S. 1 (1948) equal protection, racial covenants: United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. 334 U.S. 131 (1948) Hollywood studios monopoly Takahashi v. Fish and Game Commission: 334 U.S ...
Pickering v. Board of Education (1968) Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth (1972) Perry v. Sindermann (1972) Arnett v. Kennedy (1974) Parker v. Levy (1974) Madison School District v. Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (1976) Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. Doyle (1977) Givhan v. Western Line Consolidated ...
March 8, 1948: In the case McCollum v. Board of Education, the United States Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools violated the U.S. Constitution. April 3, 1948: U.S. President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan (the European Recovery Program) into law.