The Importance Of Civil Rights In Schools

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“We hold these Truths to be self-evident that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life,LIberty,and the Pursuit of Happiness”(“From the Declaration of Independence”). Society doesn’t guarantee individuals unalienable rights, yet it's stated in the Constitution that, “all men are created equally with certain unalienable rights” (“From the Declaration of Independence”). As well as society doesn’t believe in civil rights for kids, because of their age and era. Constantly people keep discriminating against student rights because adults get to decide for kids. In addition students are also American citizens, and also have unalienable rights that our past generations had to fight for. …show more content…

It's stated in the 1st amendment that U.S citizens have the freedom of speech,press,assembly,and petition. In December 1965, John and Mary Beth Tinker and their friend Chris Eckhardt wore black armbands to school in Des Moines, Iowa, to protest the war in Vietnam. School officials told them to remove the armbands, and when they refused, they were suspended (John, 15, from North High; Mary Beth, 13, from Warren Harding Junior High; and Chris, 16, from Roosevelt High). With their parents, they sued the school district, claiming a violation of their First Amendment right of freedom of speech. ( The New York Times, The New York Times).The verdict ruled Tinker by saying students do not “ shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate”. The ruling was 7-2 ushered in a new era of freedom of speech for students. The verdict gave Tinker and also her peers in the United States of America the freedom of speech that now gave other students a voice in their

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