Monkey Trial
S14 E9 February 23, 2002 0h 55m
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Overview
Recalling the "epic battle" over evolution waged in 1925 by fundamentalist titan William Jennings Bryan and freethinking Clarence Darrow. This chronicle also explores trial oddities. It was held in Dayton, Tenn., because civic boosters wanted to put the town "on the map." Then there's John Scopes, the football coach (teaching science was a side job) who volunteered to be prosecuted. The offending book he used was Tennessee's "official" science text. Moreover, as he wrote in his memoirs, he didn't recall ever actually teaching evolution.
Guest Stars
Linda Hunt
Self - Narrator (voice)
William Jennings Bryan
Self
Clarence Darrow
Self
John Thomas Scopes
Self
H.L. Mencken
Self