Education - Prayer in the Public Schools, 1962-1964

File — Box: 4, Folder: 26

Identifier: CAC_CC_020_1_4_26_0000

Staff Only

Topics and types of documents include The Declaration of Independence and Its Story, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1962; correspondence dealing with the Supreme Court decision to ban prayer in public schools as well as use of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance; Don Fuqua, "Religion in Schools," Congressional Record, September 1963; copy of H. J. Res. 771 to amend the Constitution of the United States for silent prayer in public school; "Testimony of Hon. Cornelius E. Gallagher, A Representative in Congress From the State of New Jersey," speech, 1964; Wylie Amendment, speech, 1964; "Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 31, State of New Jersey," February 1964; and the Becker Amendment.

Dates

1962-1964

Language of Materials

English

Access Restriction

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