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Leah Papalis 1915 - 2009

Leah Papalis of Short Hills, Essex County, NJ was born on May 10, 1915, and died at age 93 years old on March 20, 2009.

Leah Papalis
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Short Hills, Essex County, NJ 07078
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May 10, 1915
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Updated: October 6, 2011
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Leah Papalis Leah Papalis (1915 - 2009)
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In 1915, in the year that Leah Papalis 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, she was merely 10 years old 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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