Column: 99 years after the Scopes 'monkey trial,' religious fundamentalism still infects our schools
Haven't we? No, not really. The Christian fundamentalism that begat the state law that John Scopes violated has not gone away ...
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Teaching Evolution Has a Bright Future in the U.S.
A century after the Scopes trial, hopeful prospects beckon for teaching the unifying principle of the biological sciences in ...
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Before Scopes, Clarence Darrow fought another battle. He was accused of bribing a jury
He persuaded a judge to spare their lives. The following year, he defended a Tennessee schoolteacher named John Scopes who was accused of teaching evolution. The duel between the agnostic Darrow ...
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John Scopes
John Thomas Scopes came to Tennessee fresh out of college. In the spring of 1925, he had just completed his first year as science teacher and part-time football coach at the high school in the ...
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Scopes Trial:
John Scopes, the 24-year-old defendant, taught in the public high school in Dayton, Tenn., and included evolution in his curriculum. He agreed to be the focus of a test case attacking the new law ...
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Scopes Trial Centennial: Vanderbilt Hosts Events
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial riveted nations across the world in 1925. In the case, Tennessee high school teacher John T. Scopes was accused of teaching ...
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Looking Back at the Scopes Monkey Trial Nearly 100 Years Later
American journalist H. L. Mencken dubbed it the “Monkey Trial.” The facts are these: A high school science teacher, John Scopes, was being tried for violating the Butler Act, a recently passed ...
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Public trust in science is ebbing — and will have real-world consequences
Defense attorney Clarence Darrow leans against a table during the Scopes "Monkey" Trial in which biology teacher John T. Scopes was prosecuted for teaching evolution to his class. Scopes is seated ...