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John T. Scopes | Biology teacher who defied Tennessee law and taught the theory of evolution |
Clarence Darrow | defense attorney in the "Monkey Trial" |
William J. Bryant | prosecuting attorney who defended the teaching of creationism |
Charles Lindbergh | first person to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean |
Louis Armstrong | considered to be the most influential musician of the jazz age |
Duke Ellington | jazz pianist and composer who became famous playing at the Cotton Club |
Langston Huges | African American poet who wrote about the plight of working-class African Americans |
Nicola Sacco | Italian immigrant who was convicted of murder as a result of his political and religous beliefs |
Al Capone | created an empire of organized crime as a result of prohibtion |
Marcus Garvey | Founder of the Universal Negro Improvment Association who encouraged his followers to return to Africa and form a new government |