In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. (educationworld.com)
Another six years would pass before the Supreme Court declared racially segregated public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education. (religion-online.org)
What began as a quite protest in his Philadelphia high school became Supreme Court case Abington v. Schempp, which declared Bible readings and prayer in public schools unconstitutional. (firstthings.com)