Scopes Trial, Then and Now

Ninety years ago this summer the infamous Scopes “Monkey” Trial convened in Dayton, Tenn. What many called the “trial of the century” (there would be several in the 1900s) was held inside and outside Judge John Raulston’s steamy courtroom in July 1925.

In March, the Tennessee state legislature had passed the Butler Act stating:

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