Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, left, and prosecutor William Jennings Bryan speak with each other during the Scopes monkey trial in July 1925, in Dayton, Tenn. (AP Photo, File) Black and white ...

August 12, 1908 - Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Lincoln on Aug. 12, 1908, launching his final campaign for the White House. Bryan gave a two hour ...

Only days after William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow argued the "the teaching of evolution in the classroom" Scopes case before the judge, the national press and a packed courtroom, ...

God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation'—about the famous Scopes “monkey trial,” is timely. Then again, church-state conflicts simply never go away in the United States.

Before O.J. Simpson’s “trial of the century,” another courtroom clash riveted America and merited that title. In the sleepy town of Dayton, Tenn., on July 10, 1925, the Scopes “Monkey Trial” was ...

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 ...

Robert La Follette doesn't know his presidential chances are dead, Theodore Roosevelt is still not saying whether he'll run, President Taft bolsters his family's standing with the Catholic Church, and ...

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July 21 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1861, the first major military engagement of the Civil War occurred at Bull Run Creek, Va. In 1918, a German U-boat fired on the town of Orleans, Mass., on ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Democrat William Jennings Bryan made ...

January 25, 2023 - Mutual of Omaha broke ground on their 44-story headquarters in downtown Omaha on Jan. 25, 2023. Since then, the tower has become the tallest in the state. January 24, 1922 - The ...