While there were fights about all of this 100 years ago, it’s as if the case was ripped from today’s headlines,” said Douglas ...

Scopes was arrested on May 9 and the trial started July 10. The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought ...

T his spring the University of Tennessee at Knoxville marks the centennial of the Scopes “monkey trial,” the showdown over ...

If one looks at a standard American history textbook published in the last few decades, chances are its references to Tennessee will include the three presidents from here, the Civil War battles ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the ...

The first page of the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling on the appeal of the John T. Scopes vs. state of Tennessee trial, commonly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, is shown at the Tennessee State ...

Dayton community leaders found 24-year-old John T. Scopes, who had just finished his first year of teaching, willing to take up the test case. Scopes was arrested on May 9 and the trial started ...

The first page of the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling on the appeal of the John T. Scopes vs. state of Tennessee trial, commonly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, is shown at the Tennessee State ...