Jehovah's Witnesses have own school
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October 5 1937Image Description:
This photograph shows a group of school children interacting with their teacher Mrs. Glawson. The school was set up privately for Jehovah’s Witness children, after some were expelled for failing to salute the American flag.The 1930s and 1940s saw a massive discrimination of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the United States. Stemming from U.S. Supreme Court cases contesting the mandatory flag salute, draft law, and literature distribution, the Jehovah’s Witness community was perceived as against the war effort during World War II and anti-American for neglecting to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance. Jehovah’s Witnesses were harassed and attacked across the United States, property was destroyed, and boycotts on both ends ensued. Following the end of World War II and the rulings on various Supreme Court cases, the Jehovah’s Witness community saw a decline in vigilante violence against them and was able to establish the right to refrain from acts that go against their beliefs.
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(Cults) JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES HAVE OWN SCHOOLBecause, as members of the religious sect known as Jehovah's witnesses, these children refuse to salute the flag, they are attending a private school set, up on the farm of Robert Anderson, one of Jehovah's witnesses, at Sudbury, Mass. The teacher is Mrs. Andrea J. Glawson. Pupils, L. to R. Sam Brannen, 8, Roberta Anderson, 7, Sarah Rand, 13, Avis Thomson, 12 were recently expelled from school. (Below photograph)