In 1965, John and Mary Beth Tinker went to school in Des Moines wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. They were suspended, and the incident led to a landmark Supreme Court decision that ...

Tinker v. Des Moines is a historic Supreme Court ruling from 1969 that cemented students’ rights to free speech in public schools. Mary Beth Tinker was a 13-year-old junior high school student in ...

These Iowa siblings were suspended for protesting the Vietnam War at school. They took their case to the Supreme Court — and won — in Tinker v. Des Moines. John and Mary Beth Tinker’s decision to wear ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, high school student-led activism successfully reshaped school districts across the country.

A silent protest led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling that defined students’ free speech rights. The court’s 1969 landmark decision in Tinker v. Des Moines affirmed that “students do not leave their ...

Mary Beth Tinker never wanted to be suspended from school. But when she was, as an eighth grader in Des Moines, Iowa, she made history. Sunday night, Tinker brought her message of speaking out - for ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! In discussing the 1969 landmark Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines, Mary Beth Tinker, a petitioner in the case, spoke about the political ...