The Scopes trial, also called the 'monkey trial,' was a landmark legal case in 1925 Tennessee that challenged a ban on teaching evolution in schools. Initially a publicity stunt, it became a ...

Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.

The rift over evolution and creationism — particularly in classrooms — has never fully been put to rest, and questions over how students should be taught about life's origins still spark ...

The trial of teacher John T. Scopes took place in 1925 in Tennessee. It was labeled as a publicity stunt, but a century later ...

It is not a matter of fairness to present creationism along with evolution in a science classroom. It is inappropriate to teach religion in a science classroom. Understand that intelligent design ...

Also unusual was a Knoxville man involved in the trial. John Randolph Neal Jr. represented defendant John Scopes, the Rhea ...