In July 1925, teacher John T. Scopes went on trial for teaching evolution in school, contrary to a Tennessee law. The law made it a misdemeanor punishable by fine to “teach any theory that denies the ...
One hundred years ago, a substitute teacher in Dayton, Tenn., was charged with the crime of teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. His name was John Scopes. At the time, ...
In July 1925, the small town of Dayton, Tennessee played host to one of the most high-profile trials of its day. It became known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, and it pitted science versus religion in ...
Historian and author Brenda Wineapple joins Morning Joe to discuss her new book 'Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation'. Barrett Deals Major Blow in Trump Case Kate ...
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