Scopes vs. state of Tennessee trial, commonly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, is shown at the Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Kristin M.

Scopes was arrested on May 9 and the trial started July 10. The Scopes trial became sensational largely because it brought together two long-time adversaries and powerful speakers William Jennings ...

T his spring the University of Tennessee at Knoxville marks the centennial of the Scopes “monkey trial,” the showdown over the teaching of Darwinian evolution held in Dayton in the summer of 1925.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — They called it the “monkey trial.” It was supposed to be a publicity stunt. A hundred years later, it is remembered as far more.

The first page of the Tennessee Supreme Court ruling on the appeal of the John T. Scopes vs. state of Tennessee trial, commonly known as the Scopes Monkey Trial, is shown at the Tennessee State ...