DISCUSSION TOPIC: TRIALS OF THE INTER-WAR ERA

SCOPES TRIAL (1925)

Browse in several of the sites below.

• :  The companion web-site for a PBS American Experience documentary on the trial.

•   Monkey Music:  Samplings of songs based on the court case.

• The Scopes Evolution Trial Of 1925:  A concise description of the case from Rhea County, Tennessee.

• Frederic D. Schwarz, "20 Questions About The Scopes Trial," American Heritage (July 10, 2006).

• Tennessee Vs. John Scopes The 'Monkey Trial' -- 1925 :  A detailed overview of the case from University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Professor Douglas Linder's Famous American Trials site.

• Scopes Trial -- Wikipedia:  An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.

• Keith Henderson, "Key Religious Issues Behind Scopes Trial Ring True Today," Christian Science Monitor, October 15, 1997.

• "The Great Trial," Time (July 20, 1925):  A contemporary news article from the time of the trial.

OTHER FAMOUS TRIALS

Included below are sites that introduce three other trials of the interwar era.  Browse in at least one site apiece on the Sacco-Vanzetti Case, the Leopold and Loeb Case, and the trial of the "Scottsboro Boys."  Try not only to gain some familiarity with the important details of each case but also assess why each became a cultural flashpoint in its time.

Sacco-Vanzetti Case (1921)

•   Trial Of Sacco And Vanzetti:  A detailed overview of the case from University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Professor Douglas Linder's Famous American Trials site.

•   Sacco-Vanzetti Case  :  A concise overview of the trail.

• Jack Kelly, "Sacco And Vanzetti: Innocent Or Guilty?," American Heritage (August 23, 2007).

• Terry Hartle, "'Sacco And Vanzetti': The Case That Never Dies," Christian Science Monitor, November 6, 2007.

• Sacco And Vanzetti -- Wikipedia:  An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.

• Sacco-Vanzetti Case:  Another concise overview.

•   : Keeping the memory alive eight decades later.

• Daedalus Howell, "Show Turns Anarchists' Deaths Into Shtick --  Marin Company Tackles Sacco-Vanzetti Case," San Francisco Chronicle, May 11, 2001.

• Cynthia Bass, "The Foreordained Verdict For Sacco And Vanzetti," San Francisco Examiner, August 23, 1999.

Leopold And Loeb (1924)

• Illinois V. Nathan Leopold And Richard Loeb:  A detailed overview of the case from University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Professor Douglas Linder's Famous American Trials site.

• Nathan Leopold And Richard Loeb, Crime Of The 20th Century:  An introduction to the trial from Court-TV.

• Leopold And Loeb -- Wikipedia:  An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.

•   Thrill Me -- The Leopold And Loeb Story:  A playbill for the recent musical based on the case..

Scottsboro Boys (1931-)

•   Scottsboro Boys Trials, 1931-1937:  A detailed overview of the case from University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Professor Douglas Linder's Famous American Trials site.

• Jack Kelly, "The Enduring Tragedy Of Scottsboro," American Heritage (March 25, 2006).

• Scottsboro -- Wikipedia:  An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.

• Lance Murrow, "When Diversity Is A Reality And Not Just An Ideal," Time (March 29, 2001).