Scopes trial in Tennessee: 100th anniversary in photos

Teacher John Thomas Scopes, second from left, stands in the courtroom during his trial for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution in his high school science class in Dayton, Tennessee.

Anti-evolution books on sale in Dayton, Tennessee.

Attorney for the defense Clarence Darrow emphatically makes a point during the trial.

The jury in courtroom during the trial.

Some of the trial was held outside due to excessive heat.

Clarence Darrow, left, who defended John Scopes, seated with William Jennings Bryan.

John Scopes stands before the judge during sentencing.

The Scopes Trial Begins: Judge John Raulston calls the court to order at the start of the trial of John T. Scopes, Young High School teacher who has been indicted for teaching the theories of evolution to Dayton High School students. On the judges bench are Clarence Darrow and Dudley Field Malone, defense lawyers, and Scopes.

The press area of the courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee, in a photo dated July 24, 1925.

Defense lawyer Clarence Darrow is greeted by a crowd in Dayton, Tennessee in a photo dated July 9, 1925.

This photo dated July 9, 1925 shows left to right, George Rappalyea, John T. Scopes and Dr. J. R. Dean.

Main Street in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925.

Defense attorney Clarence Darrow, in a June 12, 1925 dated photo.

Defense of liberal thought was the subject of the conference at the American Civil Liberties Union, where leaders discussed the coming trial in Tennessee of Professor John T. Scopes for teaching evolution. Left to right seated, Clarence Darrow, Dudley Field Malone, Dr. John R. Neal, Scopes, and Roger Baldwin. Standing, left to right, Forrest Bailey, George Rappleyea, Samuel Rosensohn, July 10, 1925.

Photo shows John W. Butler, who introduced the anti-evolution bill in Tennessee, which later was passed upon as law prohibiting the teaching of the theory of evolution in schools. Butler is shown on his arrival at the trial, where he will be one of the most interested spectators. Photo dated July 10, 1925.

William Jennings Bryan, a three-time presidential candidate, served as the prosecutor in the famed Scopes Monkey Trial in July 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee.

The scene inside the courtroom in Dayton, Tennessee in 1925.