Tinker Vs Des Moines

By Doreen Rappaport

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

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.