Tinker Tour puts a face on landmark Supreme Court decision regarding student First Amendment rights
by Linda Barrington JEA Mentor Committee co-chair JEA Wisconsin mentor High school students met Mary Beth Tinker, one of the three people who filed the lawsuit resulting in the Tinker v. Des Moines (1969) Supreme Court decision, affirming students’ First Amendment right to express their opinions in school. These student journalists hadn’t yet been born...
Mary Beth Tinker plans ‘Tinker Tour’ as pep rally for First Amendment
by Don Corrigan Professor, Webster University AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division member Mary Beth Tinker was 13 years old in 1965 when she and her brother wore black armbands to school in Des Moines to protest the Vietnam War. Tinker and several other students were thrown out of school –- resulting in a First Amendment lawsuit on ...
25th anniversary of Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier ruling inspires efforts to promote student journalists’ First Amendment rights
[Editor’s note: The Journalism Education Association Board is voting on a motion to support the AEJMC Resolution discussed in this post. The deadline for voting is April 16.] by Don Corrigan Professor, Webster University AEJMC Scholastic Journalism Division member This year marks a sad anniversary year for high school newspaper advisers and their students. For 25...