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Monkey Trial, The: John Scopes and the Battle over Teaching Evolution
Anita Sanchez
Ages: 12+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Clarion Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 978-0-35-845769-5
Keywords: Religion, Free speech, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow, American Civil Liberties Union [ACLU]
After giving a biology lesson in Tennessee in 1925, Scopes was arrested and put on trial for the crime of teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. Extensive back matter.