In July 1925, John Thomas Scopes, a Tennessee high school teacher, was tried for teaching that man descended from a lower order of animals, in violation of a recently passed state law. Hundreds of ...

This is the centennial year for the Scopes “monkey trial” in Dayton, Tennessee, 1925’s “trial of the century”. In the dock was John Scopes, a substitute high school teacher who was accused of ...

One of the most publicized trials in U.S. History was over a high school biology teacher who dared teach his students about Charles Darwin’s theory of Evolution. What came to be called the Scopes ...

William Jennings Bryan (seated at left) being interrogated by Clarence Seward Darrow, during the trial of the State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, July 20, 1925. Brenda Wineapple couldn’t have ...

The legendary Scopes "Monkey" Trial of 1925 is the main focus of The Milford Museum's latest program in their American History Series, so we explain the significance of this event.

As July marks the 100th anniversary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial in nearby Dayton, Tennessee, and its focus on teaching evolution, observers have been talking about the parallels with current ...

Arena Stage will present ACLU Panel: Scopes Trial on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 6:30 PM. The event is a pre-show panel discussion that connects the historic ACLU Scopes Trial to today’s ongoing ...

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