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Nov 17, 2017 · The Scopes Trial, or the Scopes Monkey Trial, was a 1925 trial in which Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan debated the teaching of evolution in schools.
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Jun 10, 2011 · Of course, William Jennings Bryan became Darrow’s most famous foil during the monkey trial. Yet the two men were aligned in the 1896 presidential campaign. What brought them together,...
Jun 12, 2015 · Via Wikipedia. Colorized by PHS, 2015. July 2015 marks the 90 th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial, one of the most famous court cases in American history. Defending substitute high school teacher John Thomas Scopes was Clarence Darrow, one of the celebrity lawyers of the day. William Jennings Bryan—the “Great Commoner,” three-time ...
Apr 18, 2024 · William Jennings Bryan led for the prosecution and Clarence Darrow for the defense. Jury selection began on July 10, and opening statements, which included Darrow’s impassioned speech about the constitutionality of the Butler law and his claim that the law violated freedom of religion, began on July 13.
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William Jennings Bryan in 1925. On the seventh day of the trial, Clarence Darrow took the unorthodox step of calling William Jennings Bryan, counsel for the prosecution, to the stand as a witness in an effort to demonstrate that belief in the historicity of the Bible and its many accounts of miracles was unreasonable.
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- July 21, 1925
- Criminal Court of Tennessee
- The State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes
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'William Jennings Bryan versus Clarence Darrow, July 20, 1925. William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) was questioned by Clarence Seward Darrow during the trial of State of Tennessee vs. John Thomas Scopes on July 20, 1925. The trial had been moved outside by the judge who claimed the crowd was too large and feared the floor might collapse.
Aug 17, 2017 · In July of this year, a prominent statue of antievolutionist William Jennings Bryan in Dayton, Tennessee acquired a new neighbor— a statue of Clarence Darrow, the evolutionist and criminal defense attorney who fought against Bryan in the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial.
