Tinker vs. Des Moines

Description:

Using edited transcripts of testimony, recreates the trial of John Tinker and two other students who were suspended from school for protesting the Vietnam War, and invites the reader to act as judge and jury.

subjects: Des Moines Independent Community School District,  Freedom of speech,  Juvenile literature,  Legal status, laws,  Protest movements,  Students,  Trials,  Trials, litigation,  Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975,  Vietnam War, 1961-1975,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975, protest movements,  Vietnam war, 1961-1975,  Students, legal status, laws, etc.

People: John Frederick Tinker

Places: Des Moines,  Iowa,  United States