Word: the1960s
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...notion that whatever the teacher says goes began to fade in the1960s. Outrage over racism, poverty and the Vietnam War made questioning authority a righteous cause in schools as well as on the streets. But students also attracted attention from public-interest lawyers who believed that stronger rights of expression would allow children to get a better education. Their first big victory came in 1969 with the black-armband case, called Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. In a 7-to-2 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that students don't "shed their constitutional rights to freedom...
Demong likens the possibility for economicgrowth in the Square to the rejuvenation whichtook place in Boston's Quincy Market during the1960s...
...other students maintain that theadministration has not changed much since the1960s...
...Bill Walsh gave me the money and I made themistake of saying [it went to] VICS," saidColleton, who said he has known Walsh since the1960s. "I see how he can easily think it wasVICS...
Fink, one of the rally's organizers, identifiedthe man as "Joe," a Polish activist who used to bea counter-demonstrator at student protests in the1960s. Fink said "Joe" was a member of the PolishFreedom Fighters, a group he said is associatedwith white supremacist organizations...