Half a century later, Tinker v. Des Moines remains a landmark case in free speech law. ⤵️
Tinker's activism had deep familial roots. Her father was a Methodist minister and her parents’ faith was intertwined with social justice. Tinker tells“Their values of love and understanding translated to paying attention to the issues of our world and also taking action to help history move in the direction you want it to move in.”
As a young child, she saw her parents put those values into practice. In 1957, her father lost his job after complaining about the local pool’s segregation policy, forcing the family to relocate to Des Moines. The burgeoning civil rights movement became another source of drive and perspective for Tinker. Inspired by activist Bayard Rustin and author James Baldwin, she first wore a black armband to mourn the four young girls killed in the, though she never wore that armband to school. During her protest against Vietnam, she held the memory of those girls close to her heart. “We were raised to know the truth of what's going on in the world and in the country," she says.
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