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wallace vs. jaffree
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Although he ultimately wins his case against the state, Jaffree was the recipient of intense criticism and became an outcast within Mobile's black community. Because of their father's opposition to school prayer, Jaffree's children were ostracized and ridiculed by classmates.
The Case
Jaffree's son Chioke entered kindergarten, which was taught by a young born-again Christian woman who led the class in prayer before lunch. When the young Jaffree protested this prayer, the teacher told him that he did not have to participate in the pre-meal exercise, but that the prayer would take place. Ishmael Jaffree was appalled at this practice and took his grievance to the courts, which offered him and civil liberties groups the perfect opportunity to challenge Alabama's recent school prayer legislation.
The Law
The People Involved:
James, the former governor of Alabama, proposed that Alabama schoolteachers lead their students in a prayer composed by his 25-year-old son, Fob James III, and the state legislature approved the devotion.
Wallace vs. Jaffree
Governor George Wallace: promised in the early 1960s, many classrooms throughout Alabama ignored the Court and continued to have morning devotionals and Bible readings. He carried out this when Governor Fob James stepped down and Wallace took his place as the new Governor
Ishmael Jaffree: an African American agnostic and civil rights attorney from Mobile who initiated the fight against school prayer and the voluntary prayer law
1985
The Verdict
The Court decided in Jaffree's favor and voted 6-3 that the Alabama law was unconstitutional.
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