Ever since Darwin published On the Origin of Species in 1859, have argued against the theory of evolution. Creationists do not want God's hand to be removed from the of species and they see Darwin's dangerous idea (Dennett, 1995) doing just that. In The Creationists, Numbers (1993) provides an excellent history of the creationist movement, with emphasis on the so-called scientific creationists in the United States. A more recent book by Alters and Alters (2001) also examines the creation-evolution controversy, with more emphasis on ideas for biology teachers. Many other books, including those by Dawkins (1987,1996), Eldridge (2000), Futuyma (1995), Gould (1989, 1999), Kitcher (1982), National Academy of Sciences (1998), Moore (2000), Numbers (1992), Pennock (1999), and Ruse (1982, 1989) document the creation-evolution controversy. The links between racism and the anti-evolution campaign have been documented recently by Moore (2001). Related to the evolution-creationism struggle in Louisiana, the Edwards v. Aguillard (1987) decision of the U.S. Supreme Court held unconstitutional the Creationism Act of the Louisiana legislature. This law prohibited the teaching of evolution in public schools except when it was accompanied by instruction in creation science. The law would have required the development of creationist teaching materials, curriculum committees, and related educational support. A decade after this decision, Don Aguillard, the biology teacher named in the Edwards v. Aguillard case, researched the factors influencing the teaching of biological evolution in Louisiana public schools, as part of his doctoral degree requirements at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. As his major professor I encouraged Don to follow his earlier activities as a science teacher and central figure in the legal case, with a careful analysis of the state of evolution education in Louisiana. Among his findings are the following (Aguillard, 1998):