The 1925 case against high school coach and science teacher John Scopes; arrested for teaching evolution in defiance of a Tennessee state law; was Americas original "Trial of the Century." The proceedings began as a publicity stunt but grew into a landmark event in the nations history. The trial featured three-time presidential candidate and fundamentalist leader William Jennings Bryan; who argued on behalf of the prosecution; and famed agnostic attorney Clarence Darrow; who helped defend Scopes. Although the Scopes case produced no legal precedent; the trial has been analyzed by historians; praised and vilified by politicians and preachers; cited in countless legal; political; and theological skirmishes; and retold in plays; movies; museum exhibits; and television documentaries. Images of America: The Scopes Monkey Trial examines the events that captured the attention of the world and still have much to teach us today.
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