Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Anti-evolution books were available for purchase in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago during the trial of Kentuckian John T. Scopes, ...

One hundred years ago, in Dayton, Tennessee, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was underway, with the battle for children’s public education in the balance. This case has become infamous in American legal ...

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DAYTON, Tenn. — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools. What ...

This July marks the centenary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial. On a return trip from Florida nearly two decades ago, my wife, Alice, and I stopped at Dayton, Tennessee, the site of the trial. We ...

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DAYTON, Tenn. — A small town in eastern Tennessee courted national publicity and attention a century ago when local leaders planned a test trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools. What ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — 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 first state in ...