May 5, 1925 - Biology teacher John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in a Dayton, Tennessee, high school in violation of state law. Working in a public school, he was prohibited by statute “to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.”
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1925, #JohnScopes was arrested for teaching organic #evolution, in violation of state law, starting the infamous #MonkeyTrial. As late as 1967 the #ButlerAct was still law in Tennessee, perhaps helping to explain generations of #science #ignorance there.

May 25, 1925 - John T. Scopes was indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution. Scopes, a football coach and substitute high school biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, agreed to be arrested and put on trial for teaching evolution. He was challenging the legitimacy of a four-day-old state law barring Darwin’s theory from the public school curriculum.
#JohnScopes #MonkeyTrial

May 5, 1925 - Biology teacher John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution in a Dayton, Tennessee, high school in violation of state law. Working in a public school, he was prohibited by statute “to teach any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order of animals.”
#JohnScopes #ScopesMonkeyTrial #KnowledgeIsGood