Hollywood didn’t ignore the play’s success either. In 1960, Inherit the Wind became a multiple Oscar-nominated film, ...

One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began.

New state laws requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms are facing legal challenges.

Oklahoma is forcing courts – as they did in Tennessee in 1925 – to wrestle with the question of how much religion is ...

A century ago, a Tennessee science teacher's fight to teach evolution ignited national controversy. But battles over school ...

One hundred years ago, a public school teacher was put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution. The Scopes Monkey Trial ...

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 ...

It is the story of Bertram Cates (John Scopes), a young biology teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who is arrested and stands ...

July 10 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, when science and religion was put on trial in ...

Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...

In 1925, the tiny, growing town of Dayton saw an economic opportunity in the ACLU's newspaper ads seeking a teacher to ...

On July 10, 1925, in a Tennessee courtroom, a high-school teacher named John Scopes was tried for presenting the concept of ...