Vashti Cromwell McCollum (November 6 1912-August 20 2006) was the plaintiff in a landmark 1948 Supreme Court case that struck down religious education in the public schools. The defendant in the McCollum case was the school district of Champaign, Illinois, wherein instructors chosen by three religious faiths had taught classes within the public schools. Born Vashti Ruth Cromwell in Lyons, New York in 1912, … Wikipedia
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