In 1987, Foundation Life Member Richard Rohrer asked the mayor of Ottawa, Illinois, to stop a "seasonal display" in a city park of 16 billboard-sized paintings depicting "the life of …
Outreach
Butterfly McQueen
The Freedom From Religion Foundation honored actress Butterfly McQueen with its first “Freethought Heroine” award at its national convention in Atlanta in 1989, coincidentally held during the 50th anniversary of …
The Jager Family
Jager v. Douglas County School District, 862 F.2d 824 (11th Cir.), Cert. den. 490 U.S. 1090 (1989) High school student Doug Jager ended a 41-year abuse of pregame prayers led …
Valerie White
Attorney Valerie White was responsible for ending a 30-year Establishment Clause abuse, in which a lighted cross was placed on top of a Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn in …
Phyllis Grams
Freedom From Religion Foundation v. City of La Crosse Retired schoolteacher, daughter of a former member of Congress and lifelong resident Phyllis Grams objected to the presence of a Ten …
Stephen VanZandt
Stephen VanZandt, a Foundation member, was principal plaintiff, joined by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, in a 1986 federal lawsuit challenging the placement of a chapel in the state capitol …
Ken Saladin
Ken Saladin, a professor of biology and member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, objected to the municipal seal of Milledgeville, Georgia, featuring a banner reading, "Liberty, Christianity." He wrote …
Ishmael Jaffree
Wallace v. Jaffree, 472 U.S. 38, 72 (1985) Calling him "an authentic American hero," the Freedom From Religion Foundation inaugurated the "Freethinker of the Year" award at its September 1985 …
