Anti-evolution books were available for purchase in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago during the trial of Kentuckian John T. Scopes, charged with teaching about evolution during a biology lesson at Rhea ...
'Monkey trial' of 1925, brought to life in Goodman's 'Inherit the Wind,' echoes today's culture wars
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One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history. A local substitute teacher, John Scopes, was charged with ...
John Thomas Scopes came to Tennessee fresh out of college. In the spring of 1925, he had just completed his first year as science teacher and part-time football coach at the high school in the little ...
100 years ago yesterday, the 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 concluding ...
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes “monkey trial,” the courtroom spectacle in which a young teacher in Tennessee was put on trial for teaching evolution. Though John Scopes was ...
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One hundred years ago today — July 21, 1925 — the Scopes trial wrapped up in Dayton, Tennessee. Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching ...
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