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Troublemakers : students' rights and racial justice in the long 1960s
Title:
Troublemakers : students' rights and racial justice in the long 1960s
Author:
Schumaker, Kathryn, author.
ISBN:
9781479875139
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
ix, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
The right to free speech : students and the Black freedom struggle in Mississippi -- The right to equal protection : segregation and inequality in the Denver public schools -- The right to due process : student discipline and civil rights in Columbus, Ohio -- A right to equal education : the fourteenth amendment and American schools -- Tinker's troubled legacy : discipline, disorder, and race in the schools, 1968-1983 --
Abstract:
In the late 1960s, protests led by students roiled high schools across the country. As school desegregation finally took place on a wide scale, students of color were particularly vocal in contesting the racial discrimination they saw in school policies and practices. And yet, these young people had no legal right to express dissent at school. It was not until 1969 that the Supreme Court would recognize the First Amendment rights of students in the landmark Tinker v. Des Moines case. A series of students’ rights lawsuits in the desegregation era challenged everything from school curricula to disciplinary policies. But in casting students as “ٰuُْقمٌفٍمًٱْ” ُْفٱ “كuٌٰuفْ”ٌٌ لمنىكىمَٰ،” ٱكو ٌُُفuٰوىُْٰىمٱ فلَ ُٰوم ْم٬مِْٰٱ مِٱْuفلمل ٰوم كuُْٰٱ ٰ ُٱمٰ ىٌىٍٰٱ َُىْهوٰٱ ُِْٰمكٰىٱَُ ٰوفٰ فٍلم ٱٰuلمَٰٱ نُ ك ٌُُْلىٱُُِِْْٰىفَُٰم”ٌ vuمٌَفْقمٌ ٰ ُٱuٱمِٱَى َُفلَ م٬uِٱٌى.َُشuُْقمٌفٍمًٱْ ٰفْكمٱ ٰوم وىٱٰ”ُْ نُ قفٌك ًفلَ أوىكف َُٱٰuلمَٰ ُِْٰمٱٰٱ ن ٍُْٱفٍ-ٌٌٰwُ َحىٱٱىٱٱىىِِ ٰ ُمٍٰىٌُُِْٰف َؤمvَم ْفلَ قم”لَُ، ٱوwُكفٱىهَ ٰوم ٱٰىُْمٱ نُ ىلَىvىلuف ٌُِْٰمٱٰمٱْ فلَ لمٱٍَُٰفْٰىهَ وwُ ٰومى ْفكٰىٱَُ كَُٰىْقuٰمل ٰ ُٰوم مvمَٰuف ٌمْكهُىَٰى َُنُ ٰوم كٱَُٰىٰuٰىفَُ ٌىْهوٰٱ نُ ف ٌٌٱٰuلمَٰٱ. دننمىْهَ ف نمْٱو ىَٰممِْْٰفٰى َُنُ ٰوىٱ ىِvُٰف ٌمفْ، شuُْقمٌفٍمًٱْ ٱوwُٱ ٰوفٰ wوم َقفٌك ًفلَ أوىكف َُٰممفَهمٱْ كوفمٌٌهَمل فْكىف ٌلىٱكىْىٍفَٰى َُى َءمٍىْكف َuِقىٌك ٱكوٱٌُُ، ٰوم” وممٌِل مْفٍمً ءمٍىْكف َكٱَُٰىٰuٰىفَُ ٌفٌw فلَ مٱٰفقىٌٱو ُِْٰمكٰىٱَُ نُ نمْم ٱمِمكو، لuم كُِْمٱٱ، مuّف ٌُِْٰمكٰى،َُ فلَ ىِْvفك” ن ُْٱٰuلمَٰٱ.