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Racially mixed ethnic group of teen boy and girl students showing protest signs: recycling, ozone, whales, redwoods

Tinker v. Des Moines (393 U.S. 503, 1969)

Source: ACLU

Read this brief history of the Tinker v. Des Moines ICSD case, in which the Supreme Court ruled that students have the right to protected free speech under the First Amendment.

This entry was posted in The Modern World and tagged Culture & Society, History on September 1, 2015 by Anita Hacker.

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