July 21, 2024

July 21, 1925: John Scopes Guilty on Teaching Evolution

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<img decoding="async" width="254" height="300" data-tf-not-load src="http://vid.geekazine.com/dith/uploads/2013/07/John-Scopes1-254x300.jpg" alt="John Scopes" class="wp-image-21912" srcset="https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/John-Scopes1-254x300.jpg 254w, https://dayintechhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/John-Scopes1.jpg 256w" sizes="(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px" />July 21, 1925: John Scopes found guilty for teaching evolution

John Scopes was an activist and a teacher. In what was called the “Scopes Monkey Trial“, John was charged on May 5th, 1925 of teaching evolution in his Tennessee classroom. On July 21 he was found guilty and fined $100. The central argument in the case was the Butler Act, prohibiting that human evolution, or any Biblical account of origin could be taught.Scopes verdict was overturned, but only because of a technicality. The Judge fined Scopes and not a jury.

The Butler Act was repealed in 1967.

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