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Epperson v. Arkansas, a case argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, challenged the right of a state to outlaw the teaching of evolution in public schools. On Nov. 12, 1968, the Supreme Court ruled that Arkansas' Initiated Act No. 1, an anti-evolution law approved by Arkansas voters in 1928, violated the establishment clause of the First Amendment and was therefore unconstitutional, thus setting a legal trend for the nation as a whole.

In 1928, an Arkansas Baptist minister named Ben Bogard helped to pass a ballot measure prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the state's schools, presenting it as a bulwark against atheism.

In 1928, an Arkansas Baptist minister named Ben Bogard helped to pass a ballot measure prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the state's schools, presenting it as a bulwark against atheism.

On Friday nights each fall, I host a high school football scoreboard show that airs on more than 50 radio stations across the state. As I sit in a studio in west Little Rock, I often think back to when the Arkansas Radio Network was at its height.