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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 eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test ...
100 years ago, the Scopes trial gripped the nation, and here we go again
Chicago's Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight ...
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 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 ...
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, ...
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.
Tired of the put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with its own Scopes trial play
A small town in Tennessee courted publicity when it recruited a teacher to challenge a law banning the teaching of evolution.
Scopes 'Monkey Trial' at 100: New book argues why it's still with us today
Historian and author Brenda Wineapple joins Morning Joe to discuss her new book 'Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the ...
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 ...
On the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial, why the case still matters today
In July 1925, the tiny town of Dayton, Tennessee played host to what became the trial of the century of its day. The case ...
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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 ...