“In rural areas, particularly in the South and Midwest, Americans turned to their faith for comfort and stability” (Scopes 12). The town would hold on to what they knew. People in Dayton had no desire to travel forward with the roaring twenties. William Jennings Bryan was the leading defender of the Butler Law as well as heading the prosecution. Bryan was determined to defend as literally true every word of the Bible. In the deepest sense, he had to defend it; he needed reassurance and certainty
Of the seven deadly sins, envy is one that is nothing to be jealous of. Envy is subtle, insidious, and devours us, introducing itself in many shapes and forms, but all evil if acted upon with poor intentions. At times in which we are envious of others, more often than not, we compromise our character for the worse. When we act upon the envy that consumes us, there is a tendency that the envier and envied are affected mentally or physically and those surrounding become collateral damage. The result
The Desegregation of Baseball The Desegregation of baseball in America was a slow process. Near the end of the 1800's, African American ballplayers were accepted in the Major Leagues, but as their success grew, they were quickly banned from the league. For the fifty-year period that there were no blacks in the Major Leagues, the Negro Leagues were where black ballplayers competed. The Negro Leagues grew and many stars emerged from the leagues that now have a legendary status. When Jackie Robinson