Susan Epperson

Susan Epperson, a biology teacher at Central High School in Little Rock (Pulaski County) who signed on as a plaintiff to overthrow the state’s anti-evolution law in the court case Epperson v. Arkansas; December 1965.

Young white woman with curly hair in button up shirt

Courtesy of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Media

Time Period

World War II through the Faubus Era (1941 - 1967)

Category

Law / Laws and Court Cases

Type

Person

Race & Ethnicity

White

Gender

Female

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