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Clarence Darrow

The “Monkey Trial” brought two ideologies into a great conflict, and it was very, very hot

An African-American physician and his family were arrested for murder in Detroit after defending their home against an angry mob of whites. Then attorney Clarence Darrow came to their defense.

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