The “Great Commoner,” William Jennings Bryan, an outspoken proponent of the historic Christian faith, and the “Great Agnostic,” Clarence Darrow, a critic of Bryan and the faith he espoused, headlined ...
A century ago today, America fixed its attention on a Dayton courthouse. Tennessee was prosecuting John T. Scopes for violating a 1925 law forbidding public schools and universities to teach the ...
The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, was one of the earliest and most iconic conflicts in America’s ...
Attorney Clarence Darrow consults with Judge Raulston about procedure in the Tennessee courts during the trial of John T. Scopes. Attorney Clarence Darrow consults with Judge Raulston about procedure ...
One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began. It concluded 11 days later with a conviction. Today, this battle in the conflict over religion and science in United States ...
EIGHTY years after the Scopes trial dealt a blow to the anti-evolution movement, a similar face-off between science and religion is slated tomorrow in the U.S. Senate. This time the issue is whether ...
DAYTON, Tenn., July 11, 1925 (UP) - "Are we going to be permitted to defend ourselves?" is the issue sharply thrust into the Scopes evolution trial today by attorneys for the defense. Clarence Darrow ...
This year is the centennial of one of the most celebrated trials in American history. In Dayton, Tennessee, a local schoolteacher, John Scopes, volunteered to be the defendant. He was prosecuted for ...
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