Scopes Monkey Trial
In the Scopes “Monkey” trial high school teacher John Scopes is convicted of violating Tennessee law by teaching evolution to high school students.
View ArticleGenesis Flood
John C Whitcomb, Jr., and Henry Morris publish The Genesis Flood, supporting the Biblical account of creation with interpretations of scientific evidence.
View ArticleCreation Research Society Founded
Morris and colleagues launch the Creation Research Society (CRS), which publishes the creationist journal Creation Research Society Quarterly.
View ArticleSupreme Court Bans Anti-evolution Statute
In Epperson v. Arkansas, the Supreme Court strikes down an Arkansas statute prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
View ArticleInstitute for Creation Research Founded
Henry Morris founds the Institute for Creation Research in San Diego, Ca., a foremost institution for creationist literature and advocacy.
View ArticlePro-evolution Advocates Unite
Stanley Weinberg founds the National Center for Science Education, a pro-evolution advocacy organization, now in Oakland, Ca.
View Article"Balanced Treatment" overruled
In McLean vs. Arkansas Board of Education, a federal court rules that a “balanced treatment” statute that required creationism to be taught alongside evolution is unconstitutional.
View ArticleNational Academy of Sciences Weighs In
In response to mounting social challenges posed by creationists, the National Academies of Science distribute Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences, a booklet decrying...
View ArticleDawkins Responds to Watchmaker Argument
Famed evolutionist and ardent atheist Richard Dawkins publishes The Blind Watchmaker, elucidating the case for evolutionary theory and blasting its challengers.
View ArticleRuling: Creation Science Violates Constitution
The Supreme Court rules creation science unconstitutional in the public schools in Edwards v. Aguillard, striking down the Louisiana “Creation Act” as violating the Establishment Clause of the First...
View ArticleOf Pandas and People
The Foundation for Thoughts and Ethics publishes Of Pandas and People, an intended textbook supplement criticizing evolution and promoting intelligent design.
View ArticleDarwin on Trial
Berkeley law professor Phillip Johnson publishes Darwin on Trial, the intelligent design manifesto credited with stirring the movement.
View ArticleIrreducible Complexity
Lehigh University biochemist Michael Behe introduces “irreducible complexity” as a challenge to natural selection in his book, Darwin’s Black Box.
View ArticleDiscovery Institute Launches in Seattle
The Discovery Institute, a conservative think-tank in Seattle, Wa., launches its Center for the Renewal of Culture and Science, the leader in the intelligent design movement.
View ArticleKansas Demotes Evolution in State Standards
The Kansas State Board of Education de-emphasizes evolution in state science standards. The decision is reversed two years later.
View ArticleID Proponents Form Society of Peers
Intelligent design advocates launch the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design, a professional organization with annual conferences and a quarterly on-line journal.
View ArticlePennsylvania Holds ID Trial
A school district in Dover, Penn., orders teachers to present intelligent design as an alternative to evolution; a lawsuit in federal court ensues.
View ArticleKansas Reverses Earlier Anti-Evolution Stance
Lobbied by intelligent design advocates, the Kansas State Board of Education is again redrafting science standards to challenge evolution.
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