Defense attorney Clarence Darrow addressed courtroom at Scopes trial. From The World's Most Famous Court Trial published in 1925 by the National Book Company.
Religion and Education: The Scopes Controversy in Utah BY ANN WEAVER HART
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RESURGENCE OF FUNDAMENTALISM, THE BEGINNING o f w h i c h w a s
signaled in 1910 by the publication of a series of pamphlets entitled The Fundamentals, reheated a controversy among American Christians over the issues of Bible literalism and evolution. T h e ensuing fight was carried to the state legislatures of the country where thirty-seven bills designed to bar the teaching of evolution in publicly supported schools were introduced. In addition to legislative efforts, resolutions and policies against evolution were adopted by boards of education across the nation. Aided in their efforts by their charismatic new leader, William Jennings Bryan, the fundamentalists were able to secure the passage of the Butler Act in Tennessee Ms. Hart is a doctoral candidate in educational administration at the University of Utah.
