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Scopes Monkey Trial: Evolution in Schools (Part 1) artwork
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Scopes Monkey Trial: Evolution in Schools (Part 1)

This Day in Esoteric Political History by Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

Aug 18, 202634:22Society & Culture

For the thirtieth installment of "50 Weeks That Shaped America," we go to 1925 and a small courthouse in the town of Dayton, Tennessee, and a trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools. Jody, Niki, and Kellie...

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