November 6, 1928

By a margin of 108,991 to 63,406, Arkansas voters approved a proposed amendment to the Arkansas constitution to outlaw the teaching of the theory of evolution in any school that received state funds. Passage of this act made Arkansas the only state in the Union to outlaw such teaching by initiated act.

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