Ellery Schempp then
Fifty-one years ago, Ellery Schempp protested his high school's mandatory morning prayer by bringing a Koran to class.
He was asked to leave the classroom, but his protest led to the watershed case Abington School District v. Schempp. Solidifying the separation between church and state, the Supreme Court's decision has become an important ruling cited in hundreds of subsequent court cases involving public schools and religion.
Ellery Schempp now
Ellery talks with Dick Gordon about what led to his decision to protest and sue the school district - and what happened to him and his family after the decision was handed down.
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