Tinker vs. Des Moines
Subtitle: student rights on trial
By: Doreen Rappaport.
Series: Be the judge/be the jury
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Tinker, John Frederick -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.; Tinker, John Frederick -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Des Moines Independent Community School District -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Juvenile literature.; Freedom of speech -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Students -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- Juvenile literature.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements -- Iowa -- Des Moines -- Juvenile literature.; Trials.; Freedom of speech.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Protest movements.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [148]-149) and index.