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Trial of the century: Why 100 years later, the Scopes case still matters
As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the ...
100 years ago, the Scopes trial gripped the nation. 'Let no one mistake it for a comedy'
Chicago's Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight ...
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The Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’: 100 years later
One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began.
100 years after the Scopes trial, Americans are still divided over what kids should learn
A century ago, a Tennessee science teacher's fight to teach evolution ignited national controversy. But battles over school curricula still rage.
National Catholic Register11hOpinion
Truth Cannot Contradict Truth: The Scopes Trial 100 Years Later
On the whole, Catholics in 1925 had little problem with the teaching of evolution. Most likely due to the teaching of Pope ...
Kentucky Lantern18h
100 years after John Scopes was convicted of teaching evolution, education is again on trial
John Scopes, a skinny, bespectacled 24-year-old, was convicted in a sensationalized courtroom battle. His crime: teaching ...
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Gettysburg Connection15hOpinion
1925 Scopes Trial – 100 Years On
Rarely had a trial attracted such drama, amusement and frenzy as the 1920s Scopes Trial. Few had ever produced more column inches.  July 21st marks the ...
The Highlander11h
Reflecting on the Scopes trial, 100 years later
A hundred years after its verdict, the Scopes Monkey Trial, also known as Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, remains a cultural ...