Her journey started with wearing a black armband to school and proceeded to the landmark United States Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969). But it by no means stopped there: Mary Beth Tinker, namesake of the “Tinker” decision, continues to be a free speech icon.
On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast), we share with you an unabridged version of a 2016 conversation between Tinker and attorney Robert Corn-Revere, in which Tinker sheds light on her case and the state of student speech rights nearly 50 years later.
Show notes:
- Podcast transcript)
Abridged video of the conversation)
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969))
The picture of a young Mary Beth Tinker with her mother and father, as described in the episode)
Past podcasts with Robert Corn-Revere: Free speech at the U.S. Supreme Court), Censorship: the ‘bastard child of technology’), Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission debate)
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