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100 years after John Scopes was convicted of teaching evolution, education is again on trial

Anti-evolution books were available for purchase in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago during the trial of Kentuckian John T. Scopes, charged with teaching about evolution during a biology lesson at Rhea ...
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100 years after evolution went on trial, the Scopes case still reverberates

One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in American history. A local substitute teacher, John Scopes, was charged with ...
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Scopes Trial – 100 years later

100 years ago yesterday, the Scopes Monkey Trial got underway. WGN Radio brought it to the nation. This article talks about all that and quotes John Williams in a few places, including the concluding ...
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OTA brings topical ‘Inherit the Wind’ to stage

For Carl Honore, he first performed in “Inherit the Wind” 43 years ago at The Lilian Fontaine Garden Theater in Saratoga, ...
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'Monkey trial' of 1925, brought to life in Goodman's 'Inherit the Wind,' echoes today's culture wars

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Jon Hansen: 100 years since WGN broadcast the Scopes Money Trial, except when it didn’t

Jon Hansen, WGN Radio host of Your Money Matters and Let’s Get Legal and executive producer of the Block Club Chicago Podcast, joins John Williams for a look back at WGN 100 years ago. Hansen talks ...
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Reflecting on the Scopes trial, 100 years later

One hundred years ago today — July 21, 1925 — the Scopes trial wrapped up in Dayton, Tennessee. Teacher John Scopes was convicted and fined $100 for violating a Tennessee law that banned the teaching ...