Officials said they were trying to promote morality, not a state religion. Objections notwithstanding, the Warren Court outlawed Bible-reading in public schools in 1963. In this program, filmed at the time the historic decisions were handed down, Eric Sevareid interviews the Schempps and the Murrays, attorneys, expert witnesses, and others to create a detailed account of School District of Abington Township v. Schempp and Murray v. Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City—two cases that still figure in the ongoing debate over church/state separation. Produced by CBS NEWS. (57 minutes, b&w)

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