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.
We were extremely influenced by our parents, I agree. We had engrained, you know, their, their ideas were engrained in us very much so of equality, justice, brotherhood, love, my parents had raised us like that, but I work with so many kids that have ideas and they should be able to express them to...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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