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Tinker V Des Moines Facts. This preview shows page 1 - 2 out of 2 pages. Supreme Court established 72 the free speech and political rights of students in school settings. In December 1965 a group of students in Des Moines held a meeting in the home of 16-year-old Christopher Eckhardt to plan a public showing of their support for a truce in the Vietnam war. Three students Christopher Eckhardt Mary Beth Tinker and John Tinker were suspended from school for wearing homemade black armbands replete with peace signs to protest the Vietnam War and refusing to remove them when asked to by school officials.
Supreme Court famously declared that students do. At a public school in Des Moines Iowa students planned to wear black armbands at school as a silent protest against the Vietnam War. Facts of the case. In Tinker v. Des Moines United States Supreme Court 1969 Case summary for Tinker v. John and Mary Beth Tinker aged 13 and 16 respectively attended public school in Des Moines Iowa.
Tinker a 15-year-old boy and Mary Beth Tinker 13 who wore black armbands to school to protest Americas involvement in the.
Des Moines found that freedom of speech must be protected in public schools provided the show of expression or opinionwhether verbal or symbolicis not disruptive to learning. On the basis of the majority decision in Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District case in which on February 24 1969 the US. The group decided to publicly wear black armbands as a symbol of their protest. In December 1965 they and their parents attended a meeting to discuss ways of protesting the Vietnam War. The Facts of Tinker v.