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History
1859: Charles Darwin’s controversial book of revolutionary theories, Origin of the Species, is published. 1922: Congressman William Jennings Bryan begins speaking out against Darwin’s “law of hate” and begins his journey to enforce the Biblical “law of love.” His campaign spreads to Tennessee. 1925: March 21: The Butler Bill is signed visitor insurance usa by Tennessee governor, Austin Peay which bans the teaching of: “any theory that denies… More
The Play
INHERIT THE WIND is a fictionalized retelling of the famous 1925 “Monkey Trial,” in which science teacher John Scopes was tried and convicted for visitors insurance teaching Darwin’s theory of evolution, violating a Tennessee law that forbade teaching any theory that conflicted with the Biblical conception of Divine Creation. Mr. Dennehy plays the role of attorney Matthew Harrison Brady (based on William… More
