Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...

In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...

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

Dayton community members didn't look kindly upon reenactments of the Scopes trial. Here's how they've became the hosts of a ...

One hundred years have passed since the Scopes Monkey Trial riveted America, and still today passions are inflamed over the ...

In 1921, William Bell Riley admonished his opponents that they should “cease from shoveling in dirt on living men,” for the ...

Perhaps the trial’s most lasting legacy is the precedent it set for how we engage with our ideological enemies and the role ...

John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.

The Rhea County Courthouse has become and remained an important historical site since the notorious Scopes trial. Still, to ...

Pop culture about the ‘trial of the century’ reflected broader cultural rifts. (The Conversation) — Ask Americans about the ...

John Thomas Scopes, a high school teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was accused of teaching evolution in violation of a state law ...