“I think these days young people have something to teach their parents and teachers.”
- Mrs. Lorena Tinker
"What George Washington and the boys did for white males in 1776, what Abraham Lincoln did to a certain extent during the time of the Civil War for African-American males, what the women's suffrage movement in the 1920's did for women, the Tinker case did for children in America." |
“Within a year of the decision we saw dress codes relaxed, hair codes relaxed. Justice Black was correct in his dissent when he said the decision would usher in a new era of permissiveness.” |
"Standing up for what is right isn’t always popular.” |
This ruling ushered an era of progressive schools allowing student participation and the ability to exercise rights in a democratic way, making schools the marketplace for ideas where education and democracy thrives.
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Personal Interview with Mary Beth Tinker- Answering to Impact of Tinker Ruling - Click to Play
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