21st July 1925: ‘Monkey Trial’ finds John T. Scopes guilty of teaching evolution
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The episode discusses the conviction of John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in Tennessee during the infamous Monkey Trial.
John Thomas Scopes, a substitute science teacher in Tennessee, was found guilty of teaching evolution in ...
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