Question

A group of teenagers wore black armbands in protest of the Vietnam War and were suspended. In response a landmark 1969 Supreme Court case that upheld the First Amendment rights of free speech and freedom of expression for public school students

Answer 1

was Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. In this case, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the students, stating that they did not give up their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression at the schoolhouse gate. This decision set an important precedent for protecting the rights of students to express their political beliefs and opinions in public schools.