75 years after the Scopes trial pitted science against religion, the debate goes onHis trial, which began this week in 1925, became one of the most celebrated courtroom proceedings in US legal history--a" trial of the century"--because of the high-profile players involved, the media ...
The Scopes Trial, also known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was the 1925 prosecution of science teacher John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school, which a recent bill had made illegal. The trial featured two of the best-known orators of the era, William Jennings Bryan and...
Scopes in the so-called "Monkey" Trial (1925), in which he opposed the statesman William Jennings Bryan. He remains notable for his wit and agnosticism that marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians. The Scopes Trial of 1925 pitted against each other ...
The Trial of John T. ScopesA Primary Source AccountGreat Trials of the Twentieth CenturyAs the effects of a cultural upheaval were felt in 1920's America, the story of the Scopes Monkey Trial pitted religion against science. During the summer of 1925, John Scopes, a high school teacher, ...
1925: 'SCOPES “GUILTY” IN APE CASE' On July 21, 1925, The Chicago Daily News reported on the outcome of the Scopes "monkey trial"—which it referred to as the "ape case"—chronicled in the 1960 movie "Inherit the Wind." A little more than 65 years after Charles Darwin published hi...
Trial of the Century," and later as the "Monkey Trial," the Scopes trial—heard in the Criminal Court of Tennessee—pitted two famous lawyers against one another: three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan for the prosecution and renowned trial attorney Clarence Darrow for the ...
1925: 'SCOPES “GUILTY” IN APE CASE' On July 21, 1925, The Chicago Daily News reported on the outcome of the Scopes "monkey trial"—which it referred to as the "ape case"—chronicled in the 1960 movie "Inherit the Wind." A little more than 65 years after Charles Darwin published...
1925: 'SCOPES “GUILTY” IN APE CASE' On July 21, 1925, The Chicago Daily News reported on the outcome of the Scopes "monkey trial"—which it referred to as the "ape case"—chronicled in the 1960 movie "Inherit the Wind." A little more than 65 years after Charles Darwin published hi...
1925: 'SCOPES “GUILTY” IN APE CASE' On July 21, 1925, The Chicago Daily News reported on the outcome of the Scopes "monkey trial"—which it referred to as the "ape case"—chronicled in the 1960 movie "Inherit the Wind." A little more than 65 years after Charles Darwin published hi...
This film is a remake of a 1960 movie about the 'Scopes' monkey trial in July of 1925, argued by prominent statesman William Jennings Bryan (for the prosecution and the Bible) and equally the prominent Clarence Darrow (for the defense, scientific thought and Darwin). Rather than compare it...