On July 21, 1925 — a century ago today — substitute teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating a state ban on ...

The misdemeanor trial took place in July 1925. It put Dayton, Tenn., on the map -- a spot townspeople didn't always relish.

COMMENTARY: Is life in this world a random product of meaningless non-causes? Or is it guided by divine Providence?

High school teacher, John Scopes, was charged with violating the Butler Act, which banned teaching evolution in favor of Biblical creation.

The trial of John T. Scopes was an irresistible spectacle that pitted evolution against religion, with public schools as the ...

On July 21, 1925, the so-called Monkey Trial, which pitted Clarence Darrow against William Jennings Bryan in Dayton, Tenn., ...