In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...

Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...

In 1925, the tiny, growing town of Dayton saw an economic opportunity in the ACLU's newspaper ads seeking a teacher to challenge the Butler Act.

Dayton community members didn't look kindly upon reenactments of the Scopes trial. Here's how they've became the hosts of a ...

The Supreme Court ruled that a Maryland couple could pull their child out of classes where the material involved books with LGBTQ themes.  Almost exactly one hundred years ago – in July 1925 – there ...

The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America's ...

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

Scopes Monkey Trial: Photos from the archives of the Tennessee trial on teaching evolution How Dayton, Tennessee, reclaims its story with Scopes trial festival How 'Destiny in Dayton' rectified ...

John Thomas Scopes, a high school teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was accused of teaching evolution in violation of a state law ...