Tinker speaks Friday
News · May 05, 2016
Neither teachers nor students “shed their Constitutional rights … at the schoolhouse gate,” read the ruling in the 1969 Supreme Court case of Tinker v. Des Moines, a landmark decision that started with a small group of students.
Mary Beth Tinker, who was 13 when she wore an armband to school in 1965 to protest the Vietnam War, and her friends sparked a debate about students’ rights. At 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum, Tinker will talk about her story.
Tinker, who today works as a registered nurse, travels the country sharing her story and the stories of young people everywhere. In the 2013-2014 school year, she was joined by First Amendment attorney Mike Hiestand, traveling to over 100 schools, colleges, universities, law schools, juvenile centers, and conferences to share the good news that the First Amendment is for kids, too.
For more information, contact Elizabeth Dinschel, Education Specialist, Hoover Museum, 319-631-6031.
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