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Attorney Clarence Darrow and politician William Jennings Bryan sit at a table in a crowded courtroom during the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton, Tennessee. Joe Mendi, a chimpanzee, sits dressed in a plaid suit, fedora, and white spats, holding a cane and a pennant reading Dayton, Tenn. with mouth open wide. Christian fundamentalism
A human hand and a gorilla's hand both reach for a gavel, against a blue-tinted background image of a courtroom.
Scopes Trial John T. Scopes stands with his hands behind his back in a crowded courtroom during his sentencing in Dayton, Tennessee, with seated spectators in the background. Inherit the Wind
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What happened at the Scopes Monkey Trial?
This court case went bananas.
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Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan
The United States' most well-known criminal defense lawyer, Clarence Darrow, faced...
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Joe Mendi
Decked out in a fedora, tweed suit, and white spats, chimpanzee Joe Mendi appeared...
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Christian fundamentalism
Anti-evolution books on sale in Dayton, Tennessee, during the Scopes Trial, 1925.
© Topical Press Agency—Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Scopes Trial
William Jennings Bryan (lower left, with fan) and Clarence Darrow (center right,...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
John T. Scopes
Defendant John T. Scopes awaits sentencing following his conviction for violating...
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Inherit the Wind
Fredric March (left) and Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind (1960), directed...
Copyright © 1960, United Artists Corporation
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