It was based on the novel by screenwriter Tom Epperson.

* John Epperson, actor and singer best known for his performance as Lypsinka, was born in Hazlehurst.

Smiths Grove was first settled by the Robey, Epperson, Bronson, McCarroll, and Smith families.

Epperson v. Arkansas, 393 U. S. 97 ( 1968 ), was a United States Supreme Court case that invalidated an Arkansas statute that prohibited the teaching of human evolution in the public schools.

Susan Epperson was a teacher in the Little Rock school system, employed to teach 10th grade biology at the Little Rock Central High School.

The precedent set in Epperson, in which the Court concluded the sole motive behind the ban against evolution teaching in Arkansas was to protect a particular religious view, effectively nullified all other related evolution education prohibitions throughout the United States.

Within a short time of the Epperson decision, religious opponents of the teaching attempted through other means to lessen its influence in the curriculum, including requiring schools to teach biblical creation alongside evolution or forcing schools to provide disclaimers that evolution was " only a theory ".

The first ice pop was created by accident in 1905 when 11-year-old Frank Epperson left a glass of homemade soda on his porch on a very cold San Francisco night.

In 1905 in San Francisco, 11-year-old Frank Epperson was mixing a white powdered flavoring for soda and water out on the porch.

Seeing that it was a success, in 1924 Epperson applied for a patent for his " frozen confectionery " which he called " the Epsicle ice pop ".

After the college's closing and the demise of his ministry, the station was sold to Epperson Broadcasting.

The Story of Floyd Collins and a screenplay was adapted by Thornton's writing partner, Tom Epperson.

Salem Communications was founded by Stuart Epperson and Edward Atsinger III and, unlike many Christian broadcasters, is a for-profit corporation.

Epperson was recently reported in Time magazine as one of the " 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.

The other state was Arkansas and it was that state's law that was the basis of the U. S. Supreme Court's ruling that anti-evolution laws were unconstitutional in Epperson vs. Arkansas, 393 U. S. 97 ( 1968 ).

They were challenged in 1968 at Epperson v. Arkansas which ruled that " The law's effort was confined to an attempt to blot out a particular theory because of its supposed conflict with the Biblical account, literally read.

In 2008, the station was sold again, to Julie Epperson.

The official remix was also produced by Jason " Jay E " Epperson and then placed in Nelly's remix album, " Da Derrty Versions: The Reinvention ".

The song was produced by Jason " Jay E " Epperson.

Maude Epperson was also among the group of ladies that helped form the Daughters Of Liberty.

The Spanish format was short-lived however, as on July 4, 2012, new owners Ralph Epperson Broadcasting Inc. switched the format from Spanish back to English.

Salem Communications, which had formed in the early 1980s by Christian broadcasters Ed Atsinger and Stuart W. Epperson, had first made overtures to purchase WPIT AM / FM from Associated Communications back in the mid-80's, but the station had been sold to Boston-based Pyramid Broadcasting, which operated WPIT AM / FM under the name Kiss Limited Partnership, for a much higher price than what Salem was willing to pay.

LRCHS biology teacher Susan Epperson agreed to be the plaintiff in a case challenging an Arkansas law forbidding the teaching of the theory of evolution by natural selection in the public schools.

The United States Supreme Court's decision in Epperson v. Arkansas held that states could not require that " teaching and learning must be tailored to the principles or prohibitions of any religious sect or dogma ," i. e. that the teaching of evolution in schools could not be forbidden on religious grounds.

The case in Epperson v. Arkansas involved the teaching of biology in a Little Rock high school forty years later.

In Epperson v. Arkansas, similarly, he voted to strike down an Arkansas law banning the teaching of evolution.

In 1968, the US Supreme Court ruled in Epperson vs. Arkansas that forbidding the teaching of evolution violated the Establishment Clause of the US constitution.

In June 2010, Epperson brought the show to the Studio Theatre in Washington, DC, where he co-starred with James Lecesne.

Farley is married to CNBC personal finance reporter Sharon Epperson, who authored the financial book The Big Payoff, and they live in Westchester County, New York with their two children.

The following month, in an interview with MTV News, Duff said that she had been working with brothers Joel and Benji Madden, of the American rock band Good Charlotte, and Jason Epperson ( together known under the production name the Dead Executives ) to write and produce new songs for the compilation.

Some of the earliest, including John M. Cook and R. K. Epperson, moved their businesses from Roberts.

He stars also in the Indie thriller Unrequited under the direction from Jason Epperson.

Regular contributors to the show include Melissa Lee, Christine Tan ( who reports on the Asian markets from CNBC Asia headquarters in Singapore ), Ross Westgate ( who covers the European markets from CNBC Europe in London ), Sharon Epperson ( NYMEX ), Rick Santelli ( Chicago ), Steve Liesman, Guy Adami and CNBC senior analyst Ron Insana.

In 1968, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in Epperson v. Arkansas 393 U. S. 97 ( 1968 ) that such bans contravene the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment because their primary purpose is religious.

* Epperson v. Arkansas — 1968

Eugene R. Warren presented arguments for the appellant, Epperson, and Don Langston, an Assistant Attorney General for Arkansas, argued on behalf of the state of Arkansas.

* Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture entry on Epperson v. Arkansas

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The Gift is a 2000 American film directed by Sam Raimi, written by Billy Bob Thornton and Tom Epperson and based on the alleged psychic experiences of Thornton's mother.

A Little Rock high school biology teacher, Susan Epperson, filed suit charging the law violated the federal constitutional prohibition against establishment of religion as set forth in the Establishment Clause.