Vietnam Series Faculty Forum on Tinker v. Des Moines
. Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! .
Date:
9/10/2015
Time:
7:00 PM
1650 Matterhorn Dr NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Phone:
319-363-1323 ext. 1239
Event Description:
In 1965 a small group of committed students in Des Moines were suspended from school for wearing black armbands in protest of the war in Vietnam. Four years later their case was ultimately resolved by the US Supreme Court, who stated that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech at the school house gate”. The legacy of protest against the war manifested in Tinker v Des Moines has had lasting effects in American schools. This forum will examine the history of the case in the context of anti-war protest in Iowa, and how young people changed the way schools look at student rights.
Directions:
CRST International Graduate Center, Conference Room Center (110)
1650 Matterhorn Dr NE
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
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