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

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

Mr. Bryan’s closest friend in Chattanooga was said to be George Washington Chamlee Sr., who had been the local district ...

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As the famous Scopes trial, a landmark case out of Dayton, Tennessee, celebrates its centennial anniversary, themes of the ...

New state laws requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms are facing legal challenges.

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

A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law ...

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

Both then and today, the widely publicized trial has been portrayed as a microcosm of an asserted battle between "science" ...

Catholic intellectuals of the time were already engaging with evolutionary theory in a more open-minded way. That willingness ...

As the 100th anniversary of the Scopes trial is commemorated this week, battles over public education continue in Tennessee ...