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Perhaps the trial’s most lasting legacy is the precedent it set for how we engage with our ideological enemies and the role ...
One hundred years have passed since the Scopes Monkey Trial riveted America, and still today passions are inflamed over the ...
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 ...
One hundred years after the trial, and as we have documented in our scholarly work, the culture war over evolution and ...
Step back in time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of one of America’s most iconic trials. The Scopes100 Centennial ...
Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...
Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...
Life in the 1920s looked vastly different than our world today. From fashion and music to sports and travel, here's how times ...
Something special is happening in Rhea County in July to mark the 100th anniversary of a very important event there, a trial ...
Dayton community members didn't look kindly upon reenactments of the Scopes trial. Here's how they've became the hosts of a ...
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.