American Experience - Season 14 Episode 9
Recalling the "epic battle" over evolution waged in 1925 by fundamentalist titan William Jennings Bryan and freethinking Clarence Darrow. This chronicle also explores trial oddities. It was held in Dayton, Tenn., because civic boosters wanted to put the town "on the map." Then there's John Scopes, the football coach (teaching science was a side job) who volunteered to be prosecuted. The offending book he used was Tennessee's "official" science text. Moreover, as he wrote in his memoirs, he didn't recall ever actually teaching evolution.
First Air Date : 1988-10-04
Last Air date : 2024-10-01
Runtime : 57 minutes
Genre : Documentary
Cast :
Crew : Cameo George (Executive Producer)
Quality :
Subtitles :
- Season 14 : Episode 12001-09-10
- Season 14 : Episode 22001-09-17
- Season 14 : Episode 32001-11-01
- Season 14 : Episode 42002-01-06
- Season 14 : Episode 52002-01-13
- Season 14 : Episode 62002-01-20
- Season 14 : Episode 72002-01-27
- Season 14 : Episode 82002-03-01
- Season 14 : Episode 92002-02-23
- Season 14 : Episode 102002-02-17
- Season 14 : Episode 112002-04-21
- Season 14 : Episode 122002-04-28
- Season 14 : Episode 132002-04-01
- Season 14 : Episode 142002-04-02