In 1969 during the Vietnam war- literally everybody's least favorite year, like seriously, nobody wants another war- Mary Beth and John Tinker planned with multiple other students (and the potted plant, Christopher Eckhardt) to wear black armbands to school to protest the war in Vietnam, and were suspended for refusing to take them off.
This action led to a four year Landmark Case that was one of the first cases to address the freedom of speech and expression given to students during school.
Basically what happened was on December 14, 1965 the administration caught wind of what the petitioners were planning and quite literally flipped their shit. Because he had nothing better to do, the principal threatened the students that if they dared to step foot on campus wearing the armbands, they would be suspended. The rest of the staff thoroughly agreed because if they allowed these armbands to slide then what would be next? Ankles? Wrists? Heaven forbid, shoulders?
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