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Monkey Trial
URL: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/

Description:
Companion to an American Experience documentary about the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" of "a biology teacher named John Scopes [who] was arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of Tennessee state law." This was the first live radio broadcast of a trial in the U.S. Website features include material about speeches from attorneys Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, political cartoons, and profiles of people and events (such as H.L. Mencken and the Jazz Age).

LII Topics: Evolution & Creationism, Judicial Process, Social Issues, Trials

Publisher:
PBS Online; WGBH

Extra Keywords
Public Broadcasting Service PBS free speech

LII Database Information:
Record 24399 created by Jennifer English on 08/29/2007
Last modification on 09/04/2007
Published: 09/06/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24399

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