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The next morning, The Chattanooga Daily Times headline, "City is Shocked over Passing of The Commoner," acknowledged that word of his death had "spread like wildfire." The newsroom first learned of ...

Before O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century,” another courtroom clash riveted America and merited that title. In the sleepy town of Dayton, Tenn., on July 10, 1925, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was ...

In celebration of Jacksonville's bicentennial, Dr. Michael Woods is writing a series of articles on some of Jacksonville's early leaders. Few names in American political history thunder with such ...

BLOOMINGTON — The sudden death of William Jennings Bryan, word of which reached Bloomington at 6 p.m. Sunday, was a shock to the entire community. In his many visits to the Evergreen City, he cemented ...

American lawyer and activist Clarence Darrow (1857 - 1938) questions prosecutor, former Secretary of State, and fundamentalist preacher William Jennings Bryan on the courthouse lawn. (Photo by Hulton ...