Mary Beth and John Tinker followed their conscience and ended up making history. Almost 50 years after being suspended for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War, the siblings returned ...

In the 1960s and 1970s, high school student-led activism successfully reshaped school districts across the country.

Mary Beth Tinker and John Tinker display two black armbands. The children, both students at North High School, were suspended from classes along with three other students for wearing the bands to ...