While there were fights about all of this 100 years ago, it’s as if the case was ripped from today’s headlines,” said Douglas ...

But one thing the Scopes "monkey trial" of 1925 did not do was settle the contentious issue of evolution in the schools, which continues to incite strong passions and court actions to this day.

Roughly a century ago, the trial of John T ... and a way of coming to terms with our own fractured political present. The ...

The Scopes Monkey Trial Took Place 100 Years Ago, but the Fight Isn't Over NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years ...

Curtain’s Up will present “Inherit the Wind” for the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial at Roxana Nazarene Community Theater, 400 N. Central Ave. Shows are scheduled for 7:30 p.m ...

They called it the “monkey ... old John T. Scopes, who had just finished his first year of teaching, willing to take up the test case. Scopes was arrested on May 9, and the trial started on ...