State of Tennessee v. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Subscribe for fascinating stories connecting the past to the present. John T. That law, passed in March , In the scorching summer heat of small-town Dayton, TN, in July of Born into a freethinking family of English physicians in , Charles Darwin suffered from a host of conditions Darwin was born on the same day as Abraham Lincoln. Both Darwin and Lincoln were born on February 12, , but in much different settings.
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His flamboyant dress, cutting wit and eccentric lifestyle often put him at odds with the social norms of Victorian England. Wilde, a homosexual, was put on trial for gross indecency in The infamous Salem witch trials began during the spring of , after a group of young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil and accused several local women of witchcraft.
As a wave of hysteria spread throughout colonial Massachusetts, a During the Tulsa Race Massacre, which occurred over 18 hours from May 31 to June 1, , a white mob attacked residents, homes and businesses in the predominantly Black Greenwood neighborhood of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event remains one of the worst incidents of racial violence in Live TV. This Day In History. History Vault. Butler Act The theory of evolution, as presented by Charles Darwin and others, was a controversial concept in many quarters, even into the 20th century.
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It need hardly be added that this law did not have its origin in bigotry. The majority is not trying to establish a religion or to teach it—it is trying to protect itself from the effort of an insolent minority to force irreligion upon the children under the guise of teaching Science. The case marked a turning point in the way evolution was taught in schools and more widely acknowledged in the U.
Scientists and teachers shook their heads. Scopes of corrupting the youth by teaching things contrary to law and disrespectful to the gods, had like Mr Scopes refused to deny his action, but defended it only by saying that he had taught the truth, which was, in his eyes, the highest form of reverence; and was like Mr. Scopes convicted. The parallel, they said, fell down in only one important point: Mr.
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