Article About Mary Beth Tinker

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/15/AR2005091502238.html

     This article is about what Mary Beth Tinker is currently doing in regards to her case. Just over four decades after the Tinker case, Mary Beth is still visiting schools and teaching students about thier constitutional rights and still wearing a black armband. This particular school visit took place at a high school and a law school on the newly mandated Constitution Day. While she was there, she got a class of dazed high schoolers to become interested in things that they felt were wrong with our society and how they could change it. She advocated for students to stand up and to make the choice that they felt was right in the face of adversity, just like she and her brother did in 1965. After standing up, the Tinkers received hate mail, bomb threats on thier house and death threats. One radio host even said that he would fund the defense for anyone who went after them with a shotgun. However, the Mary Beth and her family stood firm and changed students' lives. After hearing Mary Beth's story about how she stood up for something she believed in, many of the students felt that Constitution Day wasn't so much of a waste after all.