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Ewell Cates 1915 - 1982

Ewell Cates of Greenville, Butler County, Alabama was born on September 22, 1915, and died at age 67 years old in December 1982.
Ewell Cates
Greenville, Butler County, Alabama 36037
September 22, 1915
December 1982
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  • 09/22
    1915

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    September 22, 1915
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  • 12/dd
    1982

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    December 1982
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    Ewell Cates lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1915, in the year that Ewell Cates was born, The Birth of a Nation opened in February. A silent film, it was the most ambitious film to date and is considered a classic. Three hours long, it starred Lillian Gish and was directed by D. W. Griffith. The movie was based on the book The Clansman and told the story of two families (one pro-Union and one pro-Confederate) and their relationship during the Civil War and Reconstruction. The KKK was shown as "a heroic force".
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In 1925, at the age of only 10 years old, Ewell was alive when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
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