One hundred years ago, in Dayton, Tennessee, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was underway, with the battle for children’s public education in the balance. This case has become infamous in American legal ...

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.

Scopes Monkey Trial got underway.  WGN Radio brought it to the nation. This article talks about all that and quotes John Williams in a few places, including the ...

A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test ...

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

Ask Americans about the Scopes trial, and they might have heard of it as the“trial of the century,” a showdown over teaching human evolution.

(The Conversation) — Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts.