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Mary Beth Tinker was given detention for wearing a black armband to protest the Vietnam War, leading to the Tinker v. Des Moines case.. In Tinker, 393 U.S. 503 (1969), several students were suspended for wearing black armbands that protested against the Vietnam War.
Des Moines ruling was a landmark affirmation of students' expression liberty from government censorship. To this day, free speech champions cite it in their noble advocacy. But the lesson of Tinker v.
Thirteen-year-old Junior High student Mary Tinker wore a black armband to school in 1965 to object to the war and was suspended from school. The ACLU appealed her case to the Supreme Court and won a victory in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. This critical case established that the government may not establish ...
Crucially, in 1969, the Supreme Court decided Tinker v. Des Moines. School officials had suspended a small group of students including Mary Beth and John Tinker for wearing black armbands to ...
Mary Beth Tinker is an American free speech activist known for her role in the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District Supreme Court case, which ruled that Warren Harding Junior High School could not punish her for wearing a black armband in school in support of a truce in the Vietnam War. The case set a precedent for ...
As the Des Moines Register marks its 175th year, today's historic front page is from Feb. 24, 1969: Teens win landmark case on free speech in school