Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching of evolution because ...

The misdemeanor trial took place in July 1925. It put Dayton, Tenn., on the map -- a spot townspeople didn't always relish.

The Rhea County Courthouse has become and remained an important historical site since the notorious Scopes trial. Still, to ...

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The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...

For decades, Dayton locals tried to forget about the town’s connection to the controversial 1925 trial. Now, they embrace it every year.

The Scopes "Monkey trial" in 1925 in Tennessee wasn't supposed to be about Genesis versus Darwin, but that's the way it ...

The case ultimately reached the Tennessee Supreme Court, which upheld the law but acquitted Scopes on a technicality.Start ...

The anniversary of the Scopes Trial is not just a history lesson. It’s a wake-up call to become culture warriors — not with ...

John Thomas Scopes trial on July 10, 1925, the Rhea County Courthouse has remained a popular destination for Tennesseans and visitors from around the world. "There are people from South Africa ...

Chicago's Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight ...