Student Speech
In its landmark 1969 ruling in Tinker v. Des Moines, the Supreme Court found that students do not "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate." The ACLU argued the case on behalf of Mary Beth Tinker, defending her right to wear a black armband at school to protest the Vietnam War. We continue to fight for students' constitutional right to free speech.
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Mary Beth Tinker on the 40th Anniversary of the Landmark Free Speech Decision
Mary Beth Tinker discusses what motivated her to stand up for student free speech in 1965 and how she has continued to fight for social justice throughout her life.