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The Scopes trial has long been depicted as a clash between modern science and religious fundamentalism. But it was also a ...
"I say that you cannot administer a wicked law impartially. You can only destroy, you can only punish. And I warn you, that a ...
It was called “the trial of the century,” and it brought a circus-like atmosphere and a compelling cast of characters to a ...
Mr. Bryan’s closest friend in Chattanooga was said to be George Washington Chamlee Sr., who had been the local district ...
A Tennessee town courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the ...
Judge Judy is back on the TV bench with "Justice on Trial," and that death stare still slices through the legal bull as if it ...
Catholic intellectuals of the time were already engaging with evolutionary theory in a more open-minded way. That willingness ...
The following news items are reprinted from the Manistee Daily News for the week July 17-23, 1925 and are compiled from the Manistee County Historical Museum’s newspaper archives. Read the full 100 ...
Both then and today, the widely publicized trial has been portrayed as a microcosm of an asserted battle between "science" ...
On July 21, 1925 — a century ago today — substitute teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating a state ban on ...
The misdemeanor trial took place in July 1925. It put Dayton, Tenn., on the map -- a spot townspeople didn't always relish.
Fast-paced recreations of the crimes are mixed with recreated trials, where Judge Sheindlin acts as the lower court judge, ...