Mary Beth and John Tinker React to Supreme Court Success

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Iowa PBS Iowa Public Television IPTV John Tinker Mary Beth Tinker Freedom of Speech First Amendment Tinker Standard Des Moines Public Schools Vietnam War Des Moines Independent Community School District ACLU activism Civil Rights Movement Christopher Eckhardt US Supreme Court United States Supreme Court Protest student court lawsuit judicial system Des Moines Iowa Tinker Case Supreme Court landmark cases free speech symbolic speech public schools student rights student activism social activism
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History-Social Science
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Classroom Teacher / Educator
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Mary Beth and John Tinker React to Supreme Court Success

Mary Beth and John Tinker reacted after being informed about the Supreme Court case success as well as the resulting “Tinker Standard” for student First Amendment rights.

Additional resources, including the an audio recording of the U.S. Supreme Court opening arguments for the Tinker Case and the text of the Court’s case decision, are available on the Iowa PBS 50th Anniversary of the Tinker v. Des Moines Schools Decision and Students’ Right to Freedom of Speech: The Tinker Case websites.
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PBS Learning Media

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