CLARENCE DARROW

Tired of put-downs, Tennessee town corrects the record with play about the Scopes trial it hosted

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A small town in Tennessee courted national publicity a century ago when it recruited a local teacher to challenge a state law banning the teaching of evolution.

A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

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The 1925 Scopes “Monkey Trial” in Tennessee, where a teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution, continues to influence debates on religion in public schools.

The Scopes monkey trial took place 100 years ago, but the fight isn't over

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Tennessee became the first state in the country a hundred years ago to ban the teaching of evolution in public school classrooms.