The idea of Wilson who famously segregated the fed govt having a Black chief of staff is laughable. But Dudley Malone is a fascinating character who would go on to be part of the Clarence Darrow defense team in the #ScopesTrial #HATM #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...
Dudley Field Malone - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
May 25, 2026 at 12:42 AM
The idea of Wilson who famously segregated the fed govt having a Black chief of staff is laughable. But Dudley Malone is a fascinating character who would go on to be part of the Clarence Darrow defense team in the #ScopesTrial #HATM #Suffs #PBSGreatPerformances
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_...
April 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. We're marking the occasion with a #ScopesSunday post a week. First up, a brief introduction from @aclu.org: www.aclu.org/documents/st...
#ScopesTrial #HistorySky
#ScopesTrial #HistorySky
State of Tennessee v. Scopes | American Civil Liberties Union
In March 1925, the Tennessee state legislature passed a bill that banned the teaching of evolution in all educational institutions throughout the state. The Butler Act set off alarm bells around the c...
www.aclu.org
January 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. We're marking the occasion with a #ScopesSunday post a week. First up, a brief introduction from @aclu.org: www.aclu.org/documents/st...
#ScopesTrial #HistorySky
#ScopesTrial #HistorySky
Do you teach religion and science but don’t know anything about the Scopes Trials? Listen to @mzmarxre.bsky.social tell us all about it tomorrow in time for the 100 year anniversary on July 10th #TeamRE #scienceandreligion #scopestrial #monkeytrial
May 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Do you teach religion and science but don’t know anything about the Scopes Trials? Listen to @mzmarxre.bsky.social tell us all about it tomorrow in time for the 100 year anniversary on July 10th #TeamRE #scienceandreligion #scopestrial #monkeytrial
NCSE's Deputy Director Glenn Branch was quoted in The Tennessee in an article reflecting on the Scopes trial and why it still matters a century later. ncse.ngo/ncses-branch... #ScopesTrial
NCSE's Branch in The Tennessean's coverage of the Scopes centennial | National Center for Science Education
ncse.ngo
July 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
NCSE's Deputy Director Glenn Branch was quoted in The Tennessee in an article reflecting on the Scopes trial and why it still matters a century later. ncse.ngo/ncses-branch... #ScopesTrial
#InheritTheWind, the film loosely based on the #ScopesTrial, has #DickYork from #Bewitched in the #JohnTScopes role
May 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
#InheritTheWind, the film loosely based on the #ScopesTrial, has #DickYork from #Bewitched in the #JohnTScopes role
One hundred years after Scopes, the evolution vs. creationism culture wars continue to rage on, with fundamentalism shifting toward a newer strand known as Young Earth creationism. theconversation.com/1-in-4-ameri... #ScopesTrial
1 in 4 Americans reject evolution, a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion
One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the culture war over evolution and creationism remains intense.
theconversation.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
One hundred years after Scopes, the evolution vs. creationism culture wars continue to rage on, with fundamentalism shifting toward a newer strand known as Young Earth creationism. theconversation.com/1-in-4-ameri... #ScopesTrial
George McCready Price, the Canadian author whose 1923 book (The New #Geology) was cited in the #ScopesTrial & later became a touchstone for young-Earth creationists, is the Linda Hall Library's #ScientistOfTheDay. (Or possibly "Scientist" of the Day?)
www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM 🗃️📜
www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM 🗃️📜
January 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
George McCready Price, the Canadian author whose 1923 book (The New #Geology) was cited in the #ScopesTrial & later became a touchstone for young-Earth creationists, is the Linda Hall Library's #ScientistOfTheDay. (Or possibly "Scientist" of the Day?)
www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM 🗃️📜
www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM 🗃️📜
100 years ago a teacher stood trial in the US by daring to teach Darwin's theory of Evolution.
I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens today.
#scopestrial
I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens today.
#scopestrial
July 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
100 years ago a teacher stood trial in the US by daring to teach Darwin's theory of Evolution.
I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens today.
#scopestrial
I wouldn't be surprised if the same thing happens today.
#scopestrial
Glenn Branch's review of Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial, a novel by Ronald Kidd:
"With its lively dialogue, fast-paced plot and adroit use of historical detail, Monkey Town is a welcome contribution and important read."
ncse.ngo/review-monke...
#BookReviews #History #ScopesTrial
"With its lively dialogue, fast-paced plot and adroit use of historical detail, Monkey Town is a welcome contribution and important read."
ncse.ngo/review-monke...
#BookReviews #History #ScopesTrial
[Review] Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial | National Center for Science Education
ncse.ngo
January 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Glenn Branch's review of Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial, a novel by Ronald Kidd:
"With its lively dialogue, fast-paced plot and adroit use of historical detail, Monkey Town is a welcome contribution and important read."
ncse.ngo/review-monke...
#BookReviews #History #ScopesTrial
"With its lively dialogue, fast-paced plot and adroit use of historical detail, Monkey Town is a welcome contribution and important read."
ncse.ngo/review-monke...
#BookReviews #History #ScopesTrial
NCSE's own Glenn Branch itemizes the errors in a mid-20th-century discussion of the Scopes trial. rightingamerica.net/yet-more-fab... #ScopesTrial #Misconceptions #HistorySky
Yet More Fabricated History: Herbert Wendt’s Search for Scopes
by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideological i…
rightingamerica.net
September 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
NCSE's own Glenn Branch itemizes the errors in a mid-20th-century discussion of the Scopes trial. rightingamerica.net/yet-more-fab... #ScopesTrial #Misconceptions #HistorySky
Thrilled to share that I’ve submitted my session proposal for @socialstudies.org's 105th Conference in Washington, DC, focusing on my work with the #ScopesTrial! Fingers crossed for a positive outcome! #NCSS25
March 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Thrilled to share that I’ve submitted my session proposal for @socialstudies.org's 105th Conference in Washington, DC, focusing on my work with the #ScopesTrial! Fingers crossed for a positive outcome! #NCSS25
Presented today at the 2026 Social Studies Leaders’ Institute (NC). Scopes Trial + disciplinary literacy = a powerful entry point into civic debate, science, and belief. This is the work.
📸: Cori Greer-Banks (used with permission)
#sschat #DisciplinaryLiteracy #ReligiousLiteracy #ScopesTrial
📸: Cori Greer-Banks (used with permission)
#sschat #DisciplinaryLiteracy #ReligiousLiteracy #ScopesTrial
April 30, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Presented today at the 2026 Social Studies Leaders’ Institute (NC). Scopes Trial + disciplinary literacy = a powerful entry point into civic debate, science, and belief. This is the work.
📸: Cori Greer-Banks (used with permission)
#sschat #DisciplinaryLiteracy #ReligiousLiteracy #ScopesTrial
📸: Cori Greer-Banks (used with permission)
#sschat #DisciplinaryLiteracy #ReligiousLiteracy #ScopesTrial
July 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
-- The Anti-Evolution League active during the trial
-- ‘- Joe, do you believe fiends like those are descendants of ours?
- No!’
Political cartoon
#ScopesTrial #evolution
-- ‘- Joe, do you believe fiends like those are descendants of ours?
- No!’
Political cartoon
#ScopesTrial #evolution
July 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM
-- The Anti-Evolution League active during the trial
-- ‘- Joe, do you believe fiends like those are descendants of ours?
- No!’
Political cartoon
#ScopesTrial #evolution
-- ‘- Joe, do you believe fiends like those are descendants of ours?
- No!’
Political cartoon
#ScopesTrial #evolution
A conversation about evolution, skepticism, and why the #ScopesTrial still matters: youtu.be/gHqBUAUnjMA
@johndelancie.bsky.social and @eugeniescott.bsky.social have spent years defending science from denialism, and here, they ask why that work still matters today.
@johndelancie.bsky.social and @eugeniescott.bsky.social have spent years defending science from denialism, and here, they ask why that work still matters today.
“Evolution, Education, and a Century of Scopes” | John de Lancie and guest moderator Eugenie Scott
YouTube video by Center for Inquiry
youtu.be
June 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
A conversation about evolution, skepticism, and why the #ScopesTrial still matters: youtu.be/gHqBUAUnjMA
@johndelancie.bsky.social and @eugeniescott.bsky.social have spent years defending science from denialism, and here, they ask why that work still matters today.
@johndelancie.bsky.social and @eugeniescott.bsky.social have spent years defending science from denialism, and here, they ask why that work still matters today.
New Minding the GAPE! In July's roundup of #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra posts & articles from around the web, read up on Robert La Follette, convict labor in Florida’s swamps, the “pansy craze,” the legacy of the #ScopesTrial 100 years later, & much more: blog.shgape.org/minding-the-... #Skystorians
Minding the GAPE – July 2025 - SHGAPE Blog
Spun-glass fabrics, Robert La Follette, convict labor in Florida's swamps, dying before germ theory, the "pansy craze," the legacy of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" 100 years later, and much more.
blog.shgape.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
New Minding the GAPE! In July's roundup of #GildedAge & #ProgressiveEra posts & articles from around the web, read up on Robert La Follette, convict labor in Florida’s swamps, the “pansy craze,” the legacy of the #ScopesTrial 100 years later, & much more: blog.shgape.org/minding-the-... #Skystorians
NCSE's founding executive director Eugenie C. Scott and Adam Laats, a recipient of NCSE's Friend of Darwin award, discussed the Scopes trial in "The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial Isn't Done Shaping America," published by Baptist News Global. ncse.ngo/eugenie-c-sc... #ScopesTrial
Eugenie C. Scott and Adam Laats comment on the Scopes trial | National Center for Science Education
ncse.ngo
August 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
NCSE's founding executive director Eugenie C. Scott and Adam Laats, a recipient of NCSE's Friend of Darwin award, discussed the Scopes trial in "The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial Isn't Done Shaping America," published by Baptist News Global. ncse.ngo/eugenie-c-sc... #ScopesTrial
Our Deputy Director, Glenn Branch tells the story of how the Scopes trial was almost scooped by events in New Mexico in 1922. rightingamerica.net/how-the-scop... #ScopesTrial
How the Scopes Trial was Almost Scooped
by Glenn Branch Glenn Branch is deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit organization that defends the integrity of American science education against ideologi…
rightingamerica.net
July 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Our Deputy Director, Glenn Branch tells the story of how the Scopes trial was almost scooped by events in New Mexico in 1922. rightingamerica.net/how-the-scop... #ScopesTrial
The #ScopesTrial in 1925 reduced the status of KKKristian #fundamentalists as moral guides in the U.S. But #RonaldReagan & #DonaldTrump brought them back in spades. They should lose #TaxExemption for insisting adherents support anti-science #Trump. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
August 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
The #ScopesTrial in 1925 reduced the status of KKKristian #fundamentalists as moral guides in the U.S. But #RonaldReagan & #DonaldTrump brought them back in spades. They should lose #TaxExemption for insisting adherents support anti-science #Trump. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
It accused “unfit” families of “… spreading disease, immorality, & crime to all parts of this country”. It was also cited in the "#ScopesTrial", for supporting the theory of evolution. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #castration #sterilization
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It accused “unfit” families of “… spreading disease, immorality, & crime to all parts of this country”. It was also cited in the "#ScopesTrial", for supporting the theory of evolution. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #castration #sterilization
DYK the #ScopesTrial in 1925 reduced the status of #fundamentalists as moral guides in the U.S? But #RonaldReagan & #DonaldTrump brought them back in spades. They should lose #TaxExemption for insisting adherents support anti-science #Trump. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
DYK the #ScopesTrial in 1925 reduced the status of #fundamentalists as moral guides in the U.S? But #RonaldReagan & #DonaldTrump brought them back in spades. They should lose #TaxExemption for insisting adherents support anti-science #Trump. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #HistSex
My latest from @SkeptInquirer an overview of the @center4inquiry and @FFRF #ScopesTrial Centennial - It's been 100 years and we are further apart now than ever, remember it's 4:00 o'clock somewhere. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/ov...
Overview of the Scopes Trial Centennial Conference | Skeptical Inquirer
I’ve been traveling quite a bit the past year attending, promoting, and speaking at skeptical conferences. My cats and garden miss me, but I figure that I s ...
skepticalinquirer.org
August 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
My latest from @SkeptInquirer an overview of the @center4inquiry and @FFRF #ScopesTrial Centennial - It's been 100 years and we are further apart now than ever, remember it's 4:00 o'clock somewhere. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/ov...
Reminder: We have a Scopes Webinar with Eugenie Scott coming up this Wednesday, August 13 at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. It's open to the public and free to attend. Come join us!
Register in advance to receive a Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ScopesTrial #history #webinarseries
Register in advance to receive a Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ScopesTrial #history #webinarseries
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: ‘The Trial of the Century’: Scopes at 100. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
2025 marks the 100th anniversary of the “trial of the century”: Tennessee v. John T. Scopes, the first major sally against the teaching of evolution in the US, and, mostly because of the fictional pla...
us02web.zoom.us
August 12, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Reminder: We have a Scopes Webinar with Eugenie Scott coming up this Wednesday, August 13 at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT. It's open to the public and free to attend. Come join us!
Register in advance to receive a Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ScopesTrial #history #webinarseries
Register in advance to receive a Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ScopesTrial #history #webinarseries
📆 21 juillet 1925 : un prof jugé pour avoir enseigné… l’évolution.
Un siècle plus tard, le dilemme Scopes persiste : science vs croyance, liberté d’enseigner vs pression idéologique.
🔗 www.greattrialspodcast.com/podcast/ep-1...
#Laïcité #ScopesTrial #ScienceVsCroyance #Histoire #EMC #HGGSP
Un siècle plus tard, le dilemme Scopes persiste : science vs croyance, liberté d’enseigner vs pression idéologique.
🔗 www.greattrialspodcast.com/podcast/ep-1...
#Laïcité #ScopesTrial #ScienceVsCroyance #Histoire #EMC #HGGSP
July 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
📆 21 juillet 1925 : un prof jugé pour avoir enseigné… l’évolution.
Un siècle plus tard, le dilemme Scopes persiste : science vs croyance, liberté d’enseigner vs pression idéologique.
🔗 www.greattrialspodcast.com/podcast/ep-1...
#Laïcité #ScopesTrial #ScienceVsCroyance #Histoire #EMC #HGGSP
Un siècle plus tard, le dilemme Scopes persiste : science vs croyance, liberté d’enseigner vs pression idéologique.
🔗 www.greattrialspodcast.com/podcast/ep-1...
#Laïcité #ScopesTrial #ScienceVsCroyance #Histoire #EMC #HGGSP