Scopes was arrested on May 9 and the trial started July 10. The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought together two long-time adversaries and powerful speakers William Jennings ...

The Scopes trial, also called the 'monkey trial,' was a landmark legal case in 1925 Tennessee that challenged a ban on teaching evolution in schools. Initially a publicity stunt, it became a ...

But one thing the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 did not do was settle the contentious issue of evolution in the schools, which continues to incite strong passions and court actions to this day.

The 1925 Scopes trial pitted the great defense attorney of the time, Clarence Darrow, against the three-time presidential candidate Williams Jennings Bryan, labeled "the Great Commoner." ...

It is also likely to include one other important singular event − the 1925 Scopes Trial in Dayton, when the creationism vs. evolution debate was argued on such a high and public platform for the ...

The Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, shown on Feb. 13, was the scene of the famous Scopes Trial in 1925. The courthouse has a museum dedicated to the trial in its basement and also has statues of ...

The trial of teacher John T. Scopes took place in 1925 in Tennessee. It was labeled as a publicity stunt, but a century later it is remembered as far more.

One hundred years ago, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” made world headlines, and the Baltimore Evening Sun shared the spotlight. In 1925, in a stifling courthouse in a sleepy town in Tennessee ...

The Scopes Trial was one of the first trials broadcast over the radio, originating from a classroom in an East Tennessee town and eventually into the Tennessee Supreme Court. The University of ...

But one thing the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 did not do was settle the contentious issue of evolution in the schools, which continues to incite strong passions and court actions to this day.