Scopes Trial Play & Festivities in July. Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation President Rick Dye announced that the play “Destiny in Dayton,” which tells the story of the 1925 Scopes Trial, will have ...

At least one Augusta County school leader is jonesing for a redo of the overturned verdict in the Scopes trial, where an appeals court nixed the $100 fine of the guy charged with illegally teaching ...

Nellie Kenyon, who was a rare female reporter 100 years ago, wrote about how Dayton, Tennessee, was preparing for the Scopes Monkey Trial.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One hundred years ...

Arena Stage will present ACLU Panel: Scopes Trial on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at 6:30 PM. The event is a pre-show panel discussion that connects the historic ACLU Scopes Trial to today’s ongoing ...

100 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial, the religious conservative movement has seen rare gains recently with voucher laws and Supreme Court rulings. “From a historical perspective, you can’t help ...

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John Thomas Scopes came to Tennessee fresh out of college. In the spring of 1925, he had just completed his first year as science teacher and part-time football coach at the high school in the little ...

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 ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Watson Davis (1896-1967), who became ...