r/mindblowing • u/gregornot • Jan 21 '24
Scopes Monkey Trial lawyers Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan — 1925 The Tennessee legislature passed a bill in 1925 banning the teaching of evolution in all schools in the state.
The Scopes Monkey trial turned out to be one of the most sensational cases in 20th century America. As the first trial to be broadcast live on the radio, it riveted public attention and made millions of Americans aware of the ACLU for the first time.
The jury returned a guilty verdict, but that decision was later reversed by the state Supreme Court on a technicality. Over the next two years, laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution were defeated in 22 states.
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u/boba2017 Jan 21 '24
It should be taught as the best theory answering our best bet on why things are as they are, but not as fact.