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90 Years Ago, Scopes (and Evolution) Indicted in Tennessee

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Post by Guest Mon May 25, 2015 9:24 am

In March 1925, the Tennessee legislature passed the Butler Act, outlawing the teaching of evolution, or any theory that challenged the Bible’s account of creation, in any public school receiving state funds. Soon after the new law passed, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sought to build a test case to challenge its constitutionality. The fresh-faced, bespectacled young teacher John T. Scopes took on the role, using a textbook promoting Charles Darwin’s controversial theory with students in a high school biology class in Dayton, Tennessee. On the 90th anniversary of Scopes’ indictment, take a look back at the famous “Monkey Trial” that followed.


http://www.history.com/news/90-years-ago-scopes-and-evolution-indicted-in-tennessee

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