Epperson v. Arkansas, a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, challenged the right of a state to outlaw the teaching of evolution in public schools. On Nov. 12, 1968, the Supreme Court ruled that Arkansas Initiated Act No. 1, an anti-evolution law approved by Arkansas voters in 1928, violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment and was therefore unconstitutional, thus setting a legal trend for the nation as a whole.
Thurgood Marshall talks with Elizabeth Eckford, 15, in the corridor of the federal courthouse at Little Rock Sept. 7, 1957, on the day of a hearing on the
A piece of history that sat for decades in a small federal courtroom in Little Rock is being restored with plans for it to become a living history exhibit for its role in the desegregation of Little Rock schools.
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