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Scopes trial could have happened anywhere. Why was it in Dayton, Tennessee?
In 1925, the tiny, growing town of Dayton saw an economic opportunity in the ACLU's newspaper ads seeking a teacher to ...
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Remembering Scopes: How 100-year-old ‘Monkey Trial’ helped shape evangelical Christianity
During the Scopes Trial over teaching evolution in public school, modern science clashed with religion. Its effects helped ...
Remembering the 'Monkey Trial' 100 years later
John Thomas Scopes, a high school teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, was accused of teaching evolution in violation of a state law ...
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Ron Lora: 100 years since Scopes Monkey Trial
This July marks the centenary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. On a return trip from Florida nearly two decades ago, my ...
10 Surprising Facts About the Scopes Monkey Trial
Complete with celebrity lawyers, a media frenzy, and a live chimp, the Scopes Monkey Trial catalyzed a national debate still ...
What was the Scopes Trial? How one teacher’s arrest sparked a national debate
In 1925, a small-town trial became a national spectacle, pitting faith against science. Here's what to know about the lasting ...
Scopes trial spotlights contemporary debate about American values | Opinion
One hundred years have passed since the Scopes Monkey Trial riveted America, and still today passions are inflamed over the ...
1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating state law by teaching biological evolution, ...
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What's killing the media goes all the way back to a famous 100-year-old culture wars trial: critic
One hundred years after the Scopes monkey trial author Amanda Opelt tells Religion News we’re still trying to win debates by ...
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The Scopes trial: When an anti-evolution law triggered a showdown over religion in public schools
In March 1925, Tennessee became the first state in the country to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.
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Scopes trial could have been anywhere. Why was it in Dayton, Tennessee?
Dayton, Tennessee, business leaders in 1925 recognized that a hot-button trial could put their small town on the map. They recruited teacher John Thomas Scopes to challenge the state's Butler Act ...
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Scopes trial could have been anywhere. Why was it in Dayton, Tennessee? - Knoxville News Sentinel
Dayton, Tennessee, business leaders in 1925 recognized that a hot-button trial could put their small town on the map. They recruited teacher John Thomas Scopes to challenge the state's Butler Act ...