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Ellery's Protest: How One Young Man Defied Tradition and Sparked the Battle Over School Prayer, published in July 2007, tells the story of one of the most controversial Supreme Court cases of the last century, Abington School District v. Schempp–the 1963 ruling that state-sponsored prayer and Bible reading in the public schools violated the First Amendment.

The case raises a perfect storm in American politics––where concerns over faith, children, and education collide. Learn more.

Ellery's Protest has been excerpted on forbes.com
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Stephen D. Solomon is a professor at New York University (NYU), where he teaches First Amendment law and is director of graduate studies in the Department of Journalism.

He has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Fortune, and other major publications and has earned several national journalism awards.

Solomon holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center and a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University. He is coauthor of Building 6: The Tragedy at Bridesburg (Little, Brown).

He is also founder and director of NYU's masters program in Business and Economic Reporting.
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