Black Armbands In Public Schools

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John and Mary Beth Tinker are public school students in Des Moines, Iowa. They are a part of a group that opposes the American Involvement in the Vietnam War. To publicize their opposition they wore black armbands to school. After hearing their plan, the principles of the public schools in Des Moines established a policy that stated that any student who wore an armband to school would be asked immediately to remove it. The Tinker children and a friend decided to wear armbands to school and when asked to remove them. The did not remove them to protect their rights to Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Expression. This ended with the students being subsequently suspended until they returned to school without them.
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