The Trial of the Century

A small town's fight for intellectual freedom Imagine a scene in a local drugstore, in the insignificant town of Dayton, Tennessee. Local business man have gathered with a plan to put Dayton back on the map. What if they can find a willing school teacher that can challenge the Butler Act from 1925, t......more

I can say confidently that this was, in fact, not the trial of the century......more

A summary overview of the Scopes trial, slanted toward Clarence Darrow and much less enamored of William Jennings Bryan, whom I have long felt was opposed to social darwinism. The last chapter comparing the Butler Act in Tennessee in 1925 to current efforts to curtail critical race theory as an appr......more

Relevant for today A tribute to Darrow,the book tells the story of Tennessee's effort to restrict scientific inquiry and enforce orthodox Christian beliefs or fundamentalist. In reading the book.the reader can easily relate to our own times when State legislators are enacting laws that seek to enforc......more

I never realized that the trial was staged. It was basically a publicity stunt, cleverly orchestrated by locals in Dayton, Tennessee to bring much needed notice, popularity and attention to the area. Small town substitute teacher and coach John Scopes agreed ahead of time to be the victim, the focus......more