Schoolteacher John T. Scopes charged with teaching theory of evolution 90 years ago today (May 5 1925)


Video: 'Monkey Trial Case Documentary' (May 5, 1925, at 11:57)

(Tuesday, May 5, 1925) — Schoolteacher John T. Scopes, 24, was charged today for violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of evolution in Tennessee schools. He would be tried in a case known as the Scopes Trial.