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Brenda Wineapple shares insights from her book Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation, exploring why the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial became one of the most famous courtroom battles in American history. In this engaging presentation from the Scopes Trial Centennial Conference, Wineapple examines the cultural, political, and religious forces that turned a small-town case into the “trial of the century,” shaping national debates over science, faith, and democracy for generations to come.
Brenda Wineapple shares insights from her book Keeping the Faith: God, Democracy, and the Trial That Riveted a Nation, exploring why the 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial became one of the most famous courtroom battles in American history. In this engaging presentation from the Scopes Trial Centennial Conference, Wineapple examines the cultural, political, and religious forces that turned a small-town case into the “trial of the century,” shaping national debates over science, faith, and democracy for generations to come.
