1896: William Jennings Bryan stepped onto the podium at the Democratic National Convention inside the Chicago Coliseum at ...

Tensions between religion and science erupted in a hot and humid courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago this month.

On this day in 1896, William Jennings Bryan of Lincoln, Nebraska, delivered his famous “Cross of Gold” speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Bryan argued that allowing the free ...

On July 10, 1925, the so-called Monkey Trial, in which John Scopes was accused of teaching evolution in school, a violation of state law, began in Dayton, Tenn.

William Jennings Bryan, 19 Mar 1860 - 26 Jul 1925 Credit Line National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Date 1900 Object number NPG.83.177 Restrictions & Rights CC0 Type Print Medium ...

1896: William Jennings Bryan stepped onto the podium at the Democratic National Convention inside the Chicago Coliseum at 63rd Street and Stony Island Avenue, and demonstrated that reformers could ...

Chicago's Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight ...