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1. www.pbs.org › features › monkeytrial-clarence-darrowClarence Darrow | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

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   Clarence Darrow. In 1925, when he volunteered to defend John Scopes' right to teach evolution, Clarence Darrow had already reached the top of his profession. The year before, in a sensational...

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   From corporate lawyer to labor lawyer

   In Chicago, Illinois, Darrow soon became a corporate lawyer for the railroad company. His next move was to "cross the tracks," when he switched sides to represent Eugene V. Debs, the leader of the American Railway Union in the Pullman Strike of 1894. Darrow had conscientiously resigned his corporate position in order to represent Debs, making a substantial financial sacrifice in order to do this. Also in 1894, Darrow took on the first murder case of his career, defending Patrick Eugene Prende...

   From labor lawyer to criminal lawyer

   A consequence of the bribery charges was that the labor unions dropped Darrow from their list of preferred attorneys. This effectively put Darrow out of business as a labor lawyer, and he switched to criminal cases. Darrow became renowned for moving juries, and even judges, to tears with his eloquence. Throughout his career, Darrow devoted himself to opposing the death penalty, which he felt to be in conflict with humanitarian progress. Equally, he was associated with the cause of black Ameri...

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   Clarence Darrow was a sensation of his times, charismaticand forceful in the courtroom. His persuasive powers were well known from his youth in his home town, where he defended positions his ostracized father would champion. The times were full of questions, and the socialist and Marxist thoughts were often played out in the news, and certainly wer...

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   Darrow, Clarence. Farmington. BiblioLife, 2009. ISBN 978-1110665303

   Darrow, Clarence. The Story of My Life. Da Capo Press, 1996. ISBN 0306807386

   Farrell, John A. Clarence Darrow: Attorney for the Damned. Vintage, 2012. ISBN 978-0767927598

   Lawrence, Jerome and Robert Lee. Inherit the Wind. Ballantine Books, 2003. ISBN 0345466276

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   All links retrieved December 10, 2023. 1. Clarence Darrow: 'Attorney for the Damned' - or just another Damned Attorney? 2. Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925) 3. The Trial of Bill HaywoodDetailed account of the Bill Haywood murder trial. 4. Works by Clarence Darrow. Project Gutenberg

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   Who does Clarence Darrow represent?

   • Clarence Darrow represents coal miners on strike in Pennsylvania. Clarence Darrow successfully defends mining organizer Big Bill Haywood in a labor related Idaho murder trial. American Federation of Labor hires Clarence Darrow to represent the McNamaras in the Los Angeles Times Bombing case. The McNamaras end up pleading guilty.

   Clarence Darrow: Topics in Chronicling America - Library of Congress

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   Who was Clarence Seward Darrow?

   • Darrow remains notable for his oratory utilizing the wit, compassion, and agnosticism that marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians of the twentieth century. Clarence Seward Darrow was born in Kinsman, Ohio, on April 18, 1857, to Amirus and Emily Darrow.

   Clarence Darrow - New World Encyclopedia

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   How did Clarence Darrow become a lawyer?

   • After an education at Allegheny College and one year at the University of Michigan Law School, in 1878, Clarence Darrow became a member of the Ohio bar association. For the next nine years, he was a typical small-town lawyer. Then, in 1887, Darrow moved to Chicago looking for more interesting work.

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   How did Clarence Darrow grow up?

   • Clarence Darrow grew up in an unconventional household. His father was a carpenter and part-time undertaker in the little town of Kinsman, Ohio. He was also an atheist. "The fact that my father was a heretic always put him on the defensive," Darrow later wrote. "We children thought it was only right and loyal that we should defend his cause."

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4. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › clarence-darrowClarence Darrow: Jury Tamperer? | Smithsonian

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   HISTORY. Clarence Darrow: Jury Tamperer? Newly unearthed documents shed light on claims that the famous criminal attorney bribed a juror. John A. Farrell. December 2011. Clarence Darrow,...

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   Sep 29, 2017 · Clarence Darrow became the most famous lawyer in American history by transforming himself into a new kind of American hero—dragonslayer for the downtrodden, attorney for the damned. He defended Socialist Eugene Debs, radical labor leader Big Bill Haywood and assorted anarchists, communists, gangsters and psychopaths.

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7. librarycollections.law.umn.edu › darrow › darrowThe Clarence Darrow Digital Collection - University of Minnesota

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   Clarence Darrow was born before the Civil War and he lived long enough to denounce Hitler. He became a lawyer in 1879 and was still defending clients in 1936. His life and legal career spanned some of the most important and transformative events in the history of the United States.

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8. triallawyerhalloffame.org › inductees › clarence-darrowClarence Darrow | Trial Lawyer Hall of Fame

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   Clarence Darrow is considered one of the greatest trial lawyers in American history. While he was one of the first to raise the national alarm over consumer safety issues, Darrow actually got his start in law representing large corporations.

9. guides.loc.gov › chronicling-america-clarence-darrowResearch Guides: Clarence Darrow: Topics in Chronicling ...

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   Dec 28, 2023 · Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. While best known to most for his victory in the Scopes Monkey Trial, Clarence Darrow (1857-1938) initially gained fame as America’s leading labor attorney. After resigning as a railroad attorney to represent Eugene Debs in 1894, Darrow went on to represent strikers and labor leaders around ...