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He was a defense attorney in the Scopes trial
Clarence Darrow
his role as a defense lawyer, particularly in the "Scopes Trial".
The defense team for John Scopes in the 1925 trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, included prominent lawyers Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone. They argued on behalf of Scopes, who was charged with teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, challenging the state's law prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
Clarence Darrow, or if you are refering to the book "Inherit the Wind" it is Henry Drummond the alias the author used to reference him.
Darrow used science to try to cast doubt in traditional religious beliefs.
Darrow used science to try to cast doubt in traditional religious beliefs.
Darrow used science to try to cast doubt in traditional religious beliefs.
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan was prosecuting attorney, Clarence Darrow was the defense attorney.
Clarence Darrow was John Scopes' lawyer. The opposite lawyer was Bryan. Bryan won the case, but he lost the argument. Evolution wasn't taught in the classroom for another 45 years.
Clarence Darrow volunteered his services to the defense. After many changes back and forth, the defense team finally consisted of Darrow, ACLU attorney Arthur Garfield Hays, and Dudley Field Malone.
Clarence Darrow's defense of John Scopes in the Scopes "Monkey Trial" highlighted the clash between rural religious conservatism and urban modernism. Darrow argued for scientific education and the separation of church and state, challenging the traditional beliefs held in rural areas. The trial became a symbolic battle between old and new ideas, representing larger cultural and religious divisions within society.