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Mary Beth Tinker talks about free speech, civics education with students

Mary Beth Tinker at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. in front of the permanent exhibit commemorating the Tinker v. Des Moines case. She is pictured with her brother John holding the black armbands they wore in silent protest of the Vietnam War when she was a 13-year-old junior high school student. She talks with journalism students today in Portland at an event hosted by Northwest Scholastic Press.

Hosted by NWSP and the UO School of Journalism at the Turnbull Center in Portland, Tinker Tour USA is a special project of the Student Press Law Center.

March 14, 2014

By Rob Melton Mary Beth Tinker, the plaintiff in the landmark ACLU case Tinker v. Des Moines that established free expression rights for students and teachers in schools, discussed her case with...

Mary Beth Tinker to speak on student rights at ACLU Oregon meeting March 13 in Portland

February 26, 2014

Date: 03/13/2014 - 5:00pm Location: Tonkon Torp, 888 SW Fifth Ave, 16th Floor, Portland Mary Beth Tinker was the plaintiff in the landmark ACLU case that established free expression rights...

Free to Tweet winners show range of creativity

May 19, 2012

Nashville, Tenn. Monday, March 19, 2012 The 22 students across the nation who won $5,000 scholarships in 1 for All’s Free to Tweet contest in December showed an astonishing array of creative approaches...

‘Cyberbullying being fueled by organizations that stand to gain from demonizing kids’ says SPLC Director

April 23, 2012

It is admirable that student journalists want to be opinion leaders on their campuses in the fight against bullying. Sticking up for vulnerable people who are victimized by powerful people is the foundational...

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