As July marks the 100th anniversary of the famous Scopes Monkey Trial in nearby Dayton, Tennessee, and its focus on teaching evolution, observers have been talking about the parallels with current ...

For Carl Honore, he first performed in “Inherit the Wind” 43 years ago at The Lilian Fontaine Garden Theater in Saratoga, ...

“At the present time there exist upon the earth five races… each very different from the other. The first is the Ethiopian or Negro type originating in Africa and finally . .. the highest type of all, ...

100 years after the Scopes Monkey Trial, the religious conservative movement has seen rare gains recently with voucher laws and Supreme Court rulings. “From a historical perspective, you can’t help ...

In 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution in Tennessee, where the law required the teaching of divine creation and prohibited ...

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 ...

I enjoyed reading Alan Levenson’s letter to the editor about the 100th anniversary of the Scopes “Monkey” Trial of 1925. Unlike far too many recounts of that event, which grossly distort the ...

Reading John K. Wilson’s essay about the Scopes trail (“100 Years Ago, the Scopes Monkey Trial Discovered Academic Freedom,” The Chronicle Review, July10), I was surprised by his affirmation that ...

Monkey Trial” reimagines the 1925 Scopes trial — the landmark courtroom clash over the teaching of Darwinian evolution in an ...

When the Scopes Monkey Trial was taking place 100 years ago, Nellie Kenyon was a rare female reporter on hand. Tyler Boyd of Athens is the author of “Nellie Kenyon: Trailblazing Tennessee Journalist.” ...