Photos from the Scopes "monkey" trial on Flickr

[scarlettina]

It was, I think, in junior high school when I first read "Inherit the Wind," the play based upon the Scopes "monkey" trial -- the first time that the teaching of evolution in schools was challenged. William Jennings Bryan was the lawyer for the prosecution, arguing against the teaching of evolution; Clarence Darrow spoke for the defense. I didn't

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[e_bourne]

That is fascinating. So easy to forget how different times were.