During the winter of 1965, the Cold War had reached its peak, the space race was in full swing, and the Beatles were becoming the entertainers most famous in the world. Meanwhile in Iowa, on December 17, three boys decided to protest against the war in Vietnam by wearing a black armband at school. When school authorities learned of this plan, they decided to punish anyone who wore the armband as part of the protest. When their parents decided to sue the school, what followed was one of the most hotly contested cases of the time. The case, called Tinker v. Des Moines, ruled that all students did not lose their First Amendment rights when they went to school. One could argue that the court's decision was correct because everyone has their own opinions about good and bad in society and has the constitutional right to express their approval or disapproval in a peaceful manner. On December 17, John Tinker, his friend Christopher Eckhardt, and his younger sister Mary Beth decided to protest the ongoing war in Vietnam. Eventually the school found out about it. Consequentially, ...