America Magazine

100 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial: religion, science and the era of eugenic racism

This summer marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Trial. On July 21, 1925, a jury in Dayton, Tenn., convicted John Scopes, a high school science teacher, of violating the state’s Butler Act, which ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

The Scopes ‘Monkey Trial’: 100 years later

One hundred years ago, on July 10, 1925, the trial of John T. Scopes began. It concluded 11 days later with a conviction. Today, this battle in the conflict over religion and science in United States ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

100 Years Ago, the Scopes Monkey Trial Discovered Academic Freedom

O n July 10, 1925, a 24-year-old high-school teacher named John Scopes was put on trial in Dayton, Tennessee for the crime of teaching Darwinian theory. He’d violated the newly passed Butler Act, ...
The New York Times

This ‘Trial of the Century’ Is 100. Its Lessons Could Save the Democrats.

Mr. Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University. In July 1925, John Scopes faced a jury in a stifling courtroom in Dayton, Tenn. A 24-year-old teacher, he stood accused of violating the ...
Tennessean

Trial of the century: Why 100 years later, the Scopes case still matters

DAYTON, TN – Inside a sweltering courtroom in July, a fierce debate was underway here in this small Tennessee town. Modern science versus religion and the battle over what is taught inside America’s ...
USA Today

100 years after the Scopes trial, Americans are still divided over what kids should learn

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 ...