The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn’t over
Scopes was arrested on May 9 and the trial started July 10. The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought ...
Impact of Scopes monkey trial 100 years later
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A century ago, the Scopes Monkey Trial sparked a longstanding debate about evolution and education
The trial of teacher John T. Scopes took place in 1925 in Tennessee. It was labeled as a publicity stunt, but a century later ...
A century after Scopes 'monkey trial,' U.S. still debates theory of evolution | Opinion
Butler Act banned Tennessee educators from teaching evolution, but the key lawamker later admitted that he didn't know ...
Knoxvillian, former UT professor represented defendant in famous Scopes Monkey Trial
Also unusual was a Knoxville man involved in the trial. John Randolph Neal Jr. represented defendant John Scopes, the Rhea ...
On centennial of the Scopes trial, Chicagoans honor Clarence Darrow at Jackson Park bridge named in his honor
The Chicago-based lawyer led the charge in multiple high-profile cases, including defending Tennessee high school teacher Thomas Scopes for teaching Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in the ...
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Neighbors Honor Clarence Darrow 100 Years After ‘Scopes Monkey Trial’ At His Namesake Bridge
The famously agnostic attorney and Hyde Park resident fought a Tennessee law that banned teaching evolution in a case that ...
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Jerry Summers: Scopes - The Missing Argument
The last brief witness Frank E. Robinson was a local druggist who expressed his opinion that using the above biology book ...
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A Century After the Scopes Trial, Cowards Still Rule in Tennessee
T his spring the University of Tennessee at Knoxville marks the centennial of the Scopes “monkey trial,” the showdown over the teaching of Darwinian evolution held in Dayton in the summer of 1925.
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Montana DOC scopes potential locations for a new women’s prison
The Montana Department of Corrections is scoping potential locations for a new women’s prison. Department officials pitched ...
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The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn’t over
According to the Tennessee State Library, 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 ...