Among those in attendance was a chimpanzee movie performer named Joe Mendi.
Remembering the Scopes Monkey Trial
Eighty years ago, in July 1925, the mixture of religion, science and the public schools caught fire in Dayton, Tenn. The Scopes trial — or "Monkey Trial," as it was called — dominated headlines across the country. The trial lasted just a week, but the questions it raised are as divisive now as they were back then.
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https://www.npr.org/2005/07/05/4723956/timeline-remembering-the-scopes-monkey-trial#:~:text=who%20covered%20it.-,Eighty%20years%20ago%2C%20in%20July%201925%2C%20the%20mixture%20of%20religion,as%20they%20were%20back%20then.
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