Clarence Darrow

FOURTH DRAFT An American Tragedy: The Hawaiian Scottsboro Boys In his book, “A Death in the Islands – The Unwritten Law and the Last Trial of Clarence Darrow,” Mike Farris recounts in vivid detail a miscarriage of justice in early 1930s Hawaii that echoes an all-too-familiar American theme. We learn that several men, collectively known as the Ala Moana Boys, were the Hawaiian equivalent of their more notorious black contemporaries, the Scottsboro Boys of Alabama, who themselves became…

Back in 1925, the school board had a law (Butler Act) that evolution (the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth) or any theory of creation other than the biblical Creation could not be taught in public schools. This law was targeted at English scientist Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, which was that human had ascended from apes. Some people did not agree with this law but others…

many issues had arisen and were resolved about this controversy. One of the main issues discussed was a debate on evolutionism being taught in school. Clarence Darrow, an atheist lawyer, asked William Jennings Bryan, a devout and vocal politician and a Christian, a series of questions in regards to what Bryan believed to be true about the Bible. Darrow later then explained that science had said otherwise about certain issues which even today are still referred back to . Proving Bryan to be a…

John Scopes who is a teacher was found guilty for teaching evolution, so he was forced to be in a case. Bryan heard of this case and decided to contribute to the prosecution of Scopes. Clarence Darrow who is an intermediate lawyer was the defender of Scopes in the case. This case was called The Scopes Monkey Trial, and became a big controversy in the 18th century. The passed law stated that any theory denying the story of god shall be banned…

influence that the country once possessed before World War I, by strengthening family values, promoting a Christian lifestyle, and interpreting the Bible as a literal, historical piece of writing. In the monkey trial of 1925, defense attorney Clarence Darrow interrogated William Jennings Bryan, the democratic politician of Nebraska, for his credence on whether everything in the Bible “should be literally interpreted”; to which Bryan replied that he believed “everything in the bible accepted as…

Adapting history to the movie screen is not a novel concept. Many movie productions have captured audiences ' attentions and shed light on historical happenings. However, there is the occasional movie that goes above and beyond being a simple historical flick. Inherit the Wind is a perfect example of this exceptionalism. The movie, a classic take on the social issues of 1920 's America, is directed by Stanley Kramer and features stars like Gene Kelley, Spencer Tracey, and Fredric March (IMDb).…

and through heated debate between William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow and much drama, he was found guilty of violating the Butler law. This trial was one of principle, where both sides were fighting for something greater than simply the crime committed. It was a fight over authority, in which evolution denied the Biblical account of creation and God. The modern scientific principles, namely evolution, were encouraged by Darrow to become the values on which education should be based.…

It was the crime of the century in the 1920’s, it was committed by two wealthy college men, Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. and Richard Albert Lobe. They wanted to prove that they were smart enough to get away with murder. They said it would be the perfect crime and went on to perform the crime for the thrill of it, “To kidnap a child would be an act of daring—and no one, Loeb proclaimed, would ever know who had accomplished it.” (Baatz 1). It was indeed not the “perfect crime” they imagined. On…

“He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart”. Proverb 11:29 explains when someone creates a conflict within their own community, they must suffer the consequences of their actions. This is evident in the two sources I will be examining which is the film Inherit the Wind, directed by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee debuted in 1960 as well as the Scopes Trial also known as The Monkey Trial that took place in the state of Tennessee on…

believed exactly what the Bible said. William Jennings Bryan was a fundamentalist leader and people like him opposed the idea of evolution. Soon this led to the Scopes trial, which was a trial between fundamentalists and modernism. Defended by Clarence Darrow he was able to help Scopes in his trial since he was the best lawyer in America he was able to win the trial. This is able to reflect the idea of cultural division and how it can still be seen after the 1920’s. The outcome of the trial has…