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Paige Williams on Marquis James’s Preview of the Scopes Monkey Trial
When a high-school teacher in Tennessee agreed to be prosecuted for teaching evolution, The New Yorker, still in its first ...
100 years after the Scopes trial, Americans are still divided over what kids should learn
The case ultimately reached the Tennessee Supreme Court, which upheld the law but acquitted Scopes on a technicality.Start ...
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 ...
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The Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’: 100 years later
One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began.
Theater Helps Us Remember the Scopes Trial 100 Years Later
Hollywood didn’t ignore the play’s success either. In 1960, Inherit the Wind became a multiple Oscar-nominated film, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with ... - Newsday
John T. Scopes, the local teacher, was a willing participant in testing the anti-evolution law, and prosecutor William Jennings Bryan didn't die after the trial because he was defeated by defense ...
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100 years later, what's the legacy of the Scopes trial?
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Ed Larson, about the legacy of the Scopes Trial and the teaching of evolution in school, and its relevance today.
How Dayton, Tennessee, reclaims its story with Scopes trial festival
For decades, Dayton locals tried to forget about the town’s connection to the controversial 1925 trial. Now, they embrace it ...
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.