The Monkey Trial

The Monkey Trial

In the summer of 1925, history was made in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. The issue at hand was the “Butler Law,” which forbid the teaching of evolution in public schools. The fledgling American [...]

Television: Window to the World

Television: Window to the World

“The World of Tomorrow”–it was the theme of the ground-breaking 1939 World’s Fair held in New York City. Fittingly, it was there that the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) excitedly revealed the advent of broadcast [...]