Interwar 12 America: The Scopes Monkey Trial, Sacco & Vanzetti framed

May 17, 202648:18News & Politics

A showdown over evolution at the Scopes Monkey Trial. A frame-up of Sacco and Vanzetti. A pair of Interwar trials define America in this period.

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