How monumental was the Scopes “Monkey Trial” of 1925 in Dayton, Tenn.? “It was the most famous event that the world was aware of at the time,” said Richard Baird, whose New Fortune Theatre Company is ...
One hundred years ago this month, Americans became fixated on a sensational jury trial in Dayton, Tennessee. Famed trial attorney Clarence Darrow and lawyer-orator William Jennings Bryan faced off in ...