Campaign poster against evolution, 1926

Date Uploaded: 06/14/2024

Campaign Poster Against Evolution

The debate on evolution began in the 1910s with the increase of fossils and homin bones being found, and the enforcement of Christian teachings in public schools. In 1925, the debate most famously took place in Tennessee's Rhea County Courthouse known as the Scopes Trial. The trial resulted in Scopes, who included evolution in his curriculum was fined $100 and the anti-evolutionists were able to continue to exclude evolution in the classroom.

Clearly Upchurch (1870-1950) was not the only advocate for anti-evolution. William Jennings Bryan was a major supporter for anti-evolution and was part of the Scopes Trial. Six Southern and boarder states such as, Oklahoma and Florida were also opposed to evolution and passed legislation that kept evolution out of public schools.

Transcript for the poster is below the image.

For more on the 1920s evolution debate go to:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/religion/revolution/1910.html

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/library/08/2/l_082_01.html

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Link

[Campaign Poster Against Evolution]. [1926?]. Poster. UNC Chapel Hill: Documenting the American South. https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/upchurch/upchurch.html (Accessed December 27, 2018).

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Citation

[Campaign Poster Against Evolution]. [1926?]. Poster. UNC Chapel Hill: Documenting the American South. https://docsouth.unc.edu/nc/upchurch/upchurch.html (Accessed December 27, 2018).