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Witness History: The US School Bible Controversy

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The US School Bible Controversy

30/11/2016

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How a schoolboy challenged the practice of daily Bible reading in US schools - and won.

How a 16-year-old schoolboy challenged the practice of daily Bible reading in many US schools - and won.

In November 1956 a protest by an American schoolboy challenged the requirement for daily Bible reading in many US schools. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and eventually thousands of schools in the USA had to change their teaching practices. The schoolboy's name was Ellery Schempp and he has spoken to Claire Bowes for Witness.

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