Mary Beth Tinker is an American free speech activist known for her role in the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines Independent 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 student speech in schools. Today, Tinker conducts speaking tours across the United States to teach children and youth about their rights. A youth rights advocate, Tinker has a professional background as a pediatric nurse who is active in union activism and holds masters degrees in both public health and nursing.
And you know, you could keep going through history and there's so many other young people, because young people really helped to build our country. Young people have worked in the factories, young people have worked in the farms and plantations, young people have fought in every war and, and you kn...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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