University of Maryland history professor Michael Ross discusses the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, exploring societal divisions, debates over teaching evolution and eugenics, profiles of key figures like William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow, vibrant characters at the trial, legal disputes over compulsory education, intense Darrow vs. Bryan debate, and the lasting cultural legacy of the trial.

University of Maryland history professor Michael Ross discusses the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, covering the anti-evolution legislation in Tennessee, ACLU's challenge to laws, origins of the trial, cultural landscape of the 1920s, and the clash between fundamentalism and modernism.