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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 ...
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 ...
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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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.
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This ‘Trial of the Century’ Is 100. Its Lessons Could Save the Democrats.
A hundred years later, many religious Americans in rural areas still feel that the cosmopolitan leaders of the Democratic Party look down on them.
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Science, scripture & Scopes: 100 years since Dayton, Tennessee trial captivated the nation
Dayton, Tennessee was the center of the world's attention.A biology teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching Ch ...
A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages
The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...
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100 Years Ago, the Scopes Monkey Trial Discovered Academic Freedom
On July 10, 1925, a 24-year-old high-school teacher named John Scopes was put on trial in Dayton, Tennessee for the crime of ...
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On the 100th Anniversary of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, Paducah Film Society screening “Inherit the Wind”
July 10 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, when science and religion was put on trial in ...
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 case continue to be felt today.