Scopes

I've taken MALA summer classes on a field trip to Dayton TN, where annually they re-enact a version of the trial. I recommend the experience.

The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, better known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, began 99 years ago today (Jy 10). Focused on the legality of teaching evolution, the trial drew hundreds of reporters to Dayton, TN, including H. L. Mencken, whose blistering criticism of the case and its star prosecutor, three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, did much to sway public opinion in the defendant's favor (Scopes himself was found guilty and fined $100 before the verdict was overturned)... LoA

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On July 10, 1925, a 24-year-old teacher named John Scopes went on trial for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in a public school classroom.

The so-called "Scopes Monkey Trial" would prove the battleground for an early kind of culture war, with two formidable warriors leading their respective sides: Clarence Darrow in defense of Scopes, and William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution... https://to.pbs.org/3XGbxal