Mary Beth Tinker

Mary Beth Tinker
Mary Beth Tinker holding her original detention slip while wearing a replica of her black armband at Ithaca College in 2017
Born1952 (age 72–73)
Des Moines, Iowa
Known forParticipating in free speech
RelativesBonnie Tinker

Mary Beth Tinker is an American free speech activist known for her role in the 1969 Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District Supreme Court case, which ruled that Warren Harding Junior High School could not punish her for wearing a black armband in school in support of a truce in the Vietnam War. The case set a precedent for student speech in schools.

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