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100 years ago, the Scopes trial gripped the nation, and here we go again
Chicago's Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight ...
When Darrow took on Bryan 100 years ago today, science got the win. Or did it?
The Scopes "Monkey trial" in 1925 in Tennessee wasn't supposed to be about Genesis versus Darwin, but that's the way it ...
Today in Chicago History: ‘Boy orator’ William Jennings Bryan delivers ‘Cross of Gold’ speech
1896: William Jennings Bryan stepped onto the podium at the Democratic National Convention inside the Chicago Coliseum at ...
Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted
A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law ...
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Scopes at 100: The lasting legacy of the trial over human origins
Tensions between religion and science erupted in a hot and humid courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago this month.
This Day in History - July 9: Liberty Bell visits Lincoln
On this day in 1896, William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln, Nebraska, delivered his famous “Cross of Gold” speech at the ...
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Opinion | American populists once fought against tariffs. They could ...
Opinion American populists used to run against tariffs. It could happen again. William Jennings Bryan stoked a worker revolt against protectionism that led to the first income tax.