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Also Known As Clarence Seward Darrow
Born April 18, 1857 • Ohio
Died March 13, 1938 (aged 80) • Chicago • Illinois
Role In Haymarket Affair • Pullman Strike • Scopes Trial

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Frontispiece of Clarence Darrow's Argument in Defense of the Communists (1920), which contains his argument in defense of 20 Communist Labor Party members charged with violating Illinois state sedition laws.
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