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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 ...
How Theater Helps Us Remember the Scopes Monkey Trial 100 Years Later
Hollywood didn’t ignore the play’s success either. In 1960, Inherit the Wind became a multiple Oscar-nominated film, ...
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 ...
100 years after Scopes ‘Monkey Trial,’ religion in public schools hits courts again
New state laws requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms are facing legal challenges.
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The Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’: 100 years later
One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began.
100 years after the Scopes trial, Americans are still divided over what kids should learn
A century ago, a Tennessee science teacher's fight to teach evolution ignited national controversy. But battles over school ...
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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 ...
100 years after Scopes Monkey Trial, a new religious culture war emerges in Oklahoma
Oklahoma is forcing courts – as they did in Tennessee in 1925 – to wrestle with the question of how much religion is ...
A century later, the 'Monkey Trial' is more relevant than ever
One hundred years ago, a public school teacher was put on trial for teaching the theory of evolution. The Scopes Monkey Trial ...
In historic 'Monkey Town USA,' residents embrace the past and plan for the future
For a century, this small Tennessee town in Rhea County just north of Chattanooga has been known as “Monkey Town USA” in reference to the famous 1925 Scopes trial that pitted religion vs. evolution in ...
Scopes trial could have happened anywhere. Why was it in Dayton, Tennessee?
In 1925, the tiny, growing town of Dayton saw an economic opportunity in the ACLU's newspaper ads seeking a teacher to ...
10 Surprising Facts About the Scopes Monkey Trial
Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...