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On This Day, July 21: Monkey Trial Ends with Guilty Verdict in Tennessee
DAYTON, TENNESSEE, JUL 20 – The 1925 Scopes Trial challenged Tennessee’s Butler Act and sparked a lasting debate on academic freedom, with 62% of Catholics now accepting evolution, a 2024 Gallup survey shows.
- On July 21, 1925 — a century ago today — substitute teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating a state ban on teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee.
- After Tennessee's Butler Act, the American Civil Liberties Union recruited John T. Scopes as a test case to challenge the law.
- Americans heard the “Trial of the Century” unfold via radio, and the trial offered Americans a dramatic clash between Bryan and Darrow, and it was the first courtroom proceeding broadcast nationwide by radio.
- His $100 fine — equal to $1,837 today — was overturned by the Tennessee Supreme Court, and William Jennings Bryan offered to pay it.
- Hundreds of Dayton residents mark the centennial by reflecting on ongoing questions of public education and free speech, as debates over faith and science persist.
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Catholics reflect on 100th anniversary of Scopes trial, 1920s evolution debate
William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925. Because of the extreme heat, the proceedings were moved outdoors. / Credit: Sm... [...]
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