Students who brought the lawsuit. Welcome to the special presentation celebrating the 50th anniversary of a important milestone in u. S. History and for First Amendment rights. We are joining you live from the auditorium of the state Historical Society in iowa and we are in des moines. With us today are more than 200 students from schools across this state, we are joined online by students in classrooms across the country. Say hello everybody. applause in december 1965 mary beth and john tinker along with their friend Chris Eckhart wore black bands to school to protest the war in vietnam they were sent home and suspended from school. The students were told they couldnt return to school until they agreed to end their protest. Through their parents, the Students School sued the School District for violating their right to free expression. Culminated in the Supreme Court decision 15 years ago on february 24th, 1960, nine the court ruled seven to two that students do not shed their Constit
We told you that it is an interdiction to all the turmeric events that have happened over the past almost 300 years. It have guest speakers who would bring to class something that the two of us can bring, their personal experiences. Their personal experiences and richmond. I cant imagine a better person to talk about his personal experiences in richmond, how it has changed, what the future might hold, that our former governor, former mayor of the dale douglasond, wilder. [applause] before we bring up the former governor, i want to say couple of words. As we talked about many times a semester, we have a great resource here the weather school. We are closed the state capital, not far from washington, d. C. As a graduate student here, i took advantage of the applied nature of this. I hope youre getting some of that in the exploring neighborhoods richmond project, getting out into community, meeting people, interview people, talking about lee legacy of neighborhoods from the folks on the g
All semester we have been talking about richmond. The name of the class, covering richmond. History,alked about geology, geography, political events that happened in this town. We told you it is an introduction to the dramatic events that have happened over the past almost 300 years. Said you would have guessed to speakers that would bring to class something that the two of us cannot bring, personal experiences. Their personal experiences in richmond. I cannot imagine a better person to talk about his personal experiences in richmond, how it has changed and what the future for formerthan governor, former mayor of the city of richmond, douglas wilder. [applause] before we bring up the former governor, i want to say a couple of words. As we talked about many times this semester, we have a great resource here at the Wilder School, we are close to the state capital and not far from washington, d. C. As a graduate student here, i took advantage of the applied nature of this. I hope that you
Politics, which also included terms as a state senator, lieutenant governor, and richmond mayor. Lets see. All semester, we have been talking about richmond. The name of the class, uncovering richmond. Weve been talking about the history and that geology in the geography. About theld you dramatic events that have happened in the past 300 years. We also said we would have guest speakers it would bring to class something we cant bring, their personal experiences. Their personal experiences and richmond. I cannot imagine a better person to talk about his personal experiences in richmond, how it has changed, and what the future than ourd then our former governor and our former mayor of richmond. [applause] before we bring up the former governor, i just what to say couple words. As we have talked about many times, you have a great resource here at the Wilder School. As a graduate student here, i took advantage of the nature of this. We hope that you are getting some of that. We hope that yo
What did you mean by that . [laughter] mr. Wilder as you pointed out,eing the grandson of slaves one would never expect that person to run to be the governor of a state, sit in the same seat that Patrick Henry occupied, Thomas Jefferson occupied. To the extent that those tribunals were overcome, it is a testament to show what the people of virginia had gone through relative to refurbishing and making certain that the image did not continue. So i like to think does what i would like to say is that the new dominion, rather than the. Ld dominion ima product of that. I represent what the people of irginia have brought forth am a product of that. I represent what the people of virginia have brought forth. Host so have things changed . Mr. Wilder yes, things have changed. That internalis lage alliance villages villages is the place of freedom. You cannot address v the place of freedom. There are things you have to work at. What did take place in charlottesville was such as now we look back.