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Image of the week: The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925

  • byDaniel James Sharp
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July 2025 marks the hundredth anniversary of the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial, held in Dayton, Tennessee, which saw…
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a great battle for evolutionary science, free speech, and free inquiry against conservative religion: The Scopes Monkey Trial of July 1925. Here, William Jennings Bryan (seated, left) is being questioned by Clarence Darrow on 20 July 1925. The court proceedings were held outside on this day due to the extreme heat. photo: Watson Davis. Click image to read more.
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