Ep. 76 From black armbands to the U.S. Supreme Court

Her journey started with wearing a black armband to school and
proceeded to the landmark United States Supreme Court case Tinker
v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969). But it by no
means stopped there: Mary Beth Tinker, namesake of the “Tinker”
decision, continues to be a free speech icon.  


On today’s episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we
share with you an unabridged version of a 2016 conversation
between Tinker and attorney Robert Corn-Revere, in which Tinker
sheds light on her case and the state of student speech rights
nearly 50 years later.


Show notes:


Podcast transcript

Abridged video of the conversation

Tinker v. Des Moines Independent School District (1969)

The picture of a young Mary Beth Tinker with her mother and
father, as described in the episode

Past podcasts with Robert Corn-Revere: Free speech at the
U.S. Supreme Court, Censorship: the ‘bastard child of
technology’, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights
Commission debate



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