One hundred years ago, in Dayton, Tennessee, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was underway, with the battle for children’s public education in the balance. This case has become infamous in American legal ...

Dayton businesses advertise and promote the “Monkey trial.” And locals have adopted the phrase: “Dayton has evolved.” ...

As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the case continue to be felt today.

Are you descended from a monkey, an ape or a what-not? And what difference does it make anyway!” were questions posed to ...

Thursday’s film screening had a turnout of more than 80 people. Before the movie, attendees heard from retired Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Bill Cunningham, who gave a history of the ...

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

The Scopes trial began on July 10, 1925, in Dayton, Tennessee. John Scopes, a young teacher, was accused of breaking the ...

A century ago today, America fixed its attention on a Dayton courthouse. Tennessee was prosecuting John T. Scopes for ...

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