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.
Well, there were three cases at the Supreme Court after ours that had specifically to do with student expression. I mean there have been other cases at the Supreme Court that also had to do with the rights of children, but some of them had to do with the rights of children to attend integrated scho...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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