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Evolution Controversy
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Evolution Controversy
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North Carolina State Capitol, Raleigh
Illustration from a 1923 biology textbook deemed unfit for
use in North Carolina schools by Governor Cameron Morrison.
Rosewood Academy, Goldsboro, N.C., March 1907.
Harry Woodburn Chase (1883-1955)
Henry Groves Connor, Jr. (1876-1946)
Angus W. McLean (1870-1935)
Cameron Morrison (1869-1953)
D. Scott Poole (1858-1955)
William Louis Poteat (1856-1938)
"Evolution, The University and the People"
"Current Topics"
"Dr. Pentuff on Poole Bill"
Biology of Home and Community: A Textbook for High Schools.
"Why the Opposition"
"Poole Seeks to Bar Darwinism Out of Schools"
"300 Gather in Charlotte for Opening Fight in Bible Issue"
Elementary Biology: An Introduction to the Science of Life
"A Bill to be Entitled an Act to Prohibit the Teaching of Evolution in Certain Schools and Colleges in the State of North Carolina"
"Joint Resolution Restricting the Teaching of Darwinism in the Public Schools of North Carolina"
"Governor Vetoes Evolution and Board Cuts Out Books"
"Anti-Evolution Bill Fails of Committee O.K."
I Did Not Come from Him, Neither Did You! I May Look Like Him, But I Refuse to Claim Kin On This I Stand! J. Sherwood Upchurch. They Are Going to Talk About Him in the Next Legislature, So They Say I Want to Be There!
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!["Evolution, The University and the People"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/631ea06bdfa0bfb789d1cfba00c8ffda.jpg ""Evolution, The University and the People"")
!["Current Topics"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cf8b90bcecad33c7b9f6d6b666e6ab76.jpg ""Current Topics"")
!["Dr. Pentuff on Poole Bill"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/83884ba5b145b9da2ab852518a19db44.jpg ""Dr. Pentuff on Poole Bill"")
!["Why the Opposition"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3348cd338823770d0b6033956768820c.jpg ""Why the Opposition"")
!["Poole Seeks to Bar Darwinism Out of Schools"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d470ca3ce1fb919ddd969904142c425a.jpg ""Poole Seeks to Bar Darwinism Out of Schools"")
!["300 Gather in Charlotte for Opening Fight in Bible Issue"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a32ffd0d1c64330aa90187068428f344.jpg ""300 Gather in Charlotte for Opening Fight in Bible Issue"")
!["A Bill to be Entitled an Act to Prohibit the Teaching of Evolution in Certain Schools and Colleges in the State of North Carolina"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/bf497af3b3db2fd7306f9ff74f3de17c.jpg ""A Bill to be Entitled an Act to Prohibit the Teaching of Evolution in Certain Schools and Colleges in the State of North Carolina"")
!["Joint Resolution Restricting the Teaching of Darwinism in the Public Schools of North Carolina"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/7d9ab9994751008405517237f4662635.jpg ""Joint Resolution Restricting the Teaching of Darwinism in the Public Schools of North Carolina"")
!["Governor Vetoes Evolution and Board Cuts Out Books"](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/6b1871234a4e978411bcd94f24925483.jpg ""Governor Vetoes Evolution and Board Cuts Out Books"")
!["Anti-Evolution Bill Fails of Committee O.K."](https://exhibits.lib.unc.edu/files/square_thumbnails/d222000c32997df7ffd39a6884777eb6.jpg ""Anti-Evolution Bill Fails of Committee O.K."")
