Buckle Up! Teaching Evolution in the Bible Belt - Livestream

Tennessee has a rich history of opposition to evolutionary concepts. Wesley H. Roberts has been on the front lines of evolution education advocacy for most of his 38 years of teaching in public schools. Beginning with his earliest exposure to evolutionary concepts via a Christian fundamentalist upbringing, Roberts will share his own evolution from elementary school evangelist to science education advocate at the Tennessee legislature. While closely following the Tennessee legislative actions of 1925, 1967, 1973, 1986, 1996, and 2011, Roberts gives his personal testimony of what it’s like to teach evolution in the Bible Belt.

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