Thursday marked the 100th anniversary of the commencement of the “Monkey Trial” of science teacher John T. Scopes in Dayton, Tennessee. It is one of many candidates for the title of “American trial of ...

The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...

John T. Scopes, the local teacher, was a willing participant in testing the anti-evolution law, and prosecutor William ...

The Scopes trial began on July 10, 1925, in Dayton, Tennessee. John Scopes, a young teacher, was accused of breaking the ...

The two lead roles of William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow are played by Salem Community High School teacher Matt ...

As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the ...

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 ...

On the whole, Catholics in 1925 had little problem with the teaching of evolution. Most likely due to the teaching of Pope ...

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 ...