On May 5th, 1925 John T Scopes is arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee.
For 12 hot days in Dayton Tennessee two of the country's most famous lawyers, William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow would argue the right to teach evolution to school children in what would become known as the Scopes "Monkey Trial". Scopes was eventually found guilty, but served no jail time. The prosecuting attorney, Bryan, would die just 5 days after the trial ended.
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