A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law ...

A small town in Tennessee courted publicity when it recruited a teacher to challenge a law banning the teaching of evolution.

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 ...

One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His ...

The Paducah Film Society marked the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial with a screening of "Inherit the Wind," featuring ...

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

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

Scopes was the first-ever battle in the culture wars,” said Edward Larson, a historian and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ...

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 ...

David McCombs and Jonathan Bowser of Haynes Boone discuss a Federal Circuit patent decision that clarified what prior art may ...