March 8, 1948 - McCollum v. Board of Education Decided

Hugo Black, a former U.S. Senator from Alabama, was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was responsible for the decision in McCollum v. Board of Education, which deemed it unconstitutional to teach religious education in public schools, stating it was a violation of the First Amendment. Pictured is the U.S. Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, that bears his name.