Scopes was arrested on May 9 and the trial started July 10. The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought ...

The first page of the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling on the appeal of the John T. Scopes vs. state of Tennessee trial, commonly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, is shown at the Tennessee State ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The trial of teacher John T. Scopes took place in 1925 in Tennessee. It was labeled as a publicity stunt ...

Curtain's Up Theater Company marks the 100th anniversary of the event by performing "Inherit the Wind" from March 27-30 2025 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more. In March 1925, Tennessee became the ...

The last brief witness Frank E. Robinson was a local druggist who expressed his opinion that using the above biology book ...

The famously agnostic attorney and Hyde Park resident fought a Tennessee law that banned teaching evolution in a case that ...