Jones plays the role of Bryan, a famous Christian orator and populist politician whose speeches earned him the nickname of “the Great Commoner.” He says the hardest part was not learning the lengthy speeches Bryan gives during the trial, but rather the sparring he must do when Darrow unexpectedly puts Bryan on the stand to defend the literal truth of the Bible.
Tired of put-downs, small Tennessee town corrects the record with play about Scopes trial it hosted
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Some evangelical schools, such as Bryan’s namesake college in Tennessee, affirm creationist beliefs in their doctrinal statements.
Creationism a century after Scopes trial: Ken Ham's massive ark and museum
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