THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Tinker v. Des Moines
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Hernandez v. Texas
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Wisconsin v. Yoder
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White v. Regester
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Detailed explanation-1: -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 December 1965 when she and a group of students decided to wear black armbands to school to protest the war in Vietnam.
Detailed explanation-2: -By deciding that school officials cannot censor student speech unless it materially and substantially disrupts the educational process the court set a precedent that is still cited in student free speech cases, including Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier and Morse v. Frederick.
Detailed explanation-3: -The only students involved in the lawsuit were Mary Beth Tinker, John Tinker, and Christopher Eckhardt. During the case, the Tinker family received hate mail, death threats, and other hateful messages. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 1968.