The Peace Symbol's 50th Anniversary

Free Speech
In 1965, Mary Beth Tinker and her brother John were suspended from classes at North High School in Des Moines, Iowa for wearing black armbands to protest the war in Vietnam. They went to court to challenge the school's policy. When this picture was taken, three years later, their case had just been accepted by the Supreme Court, which eventually ruled 7-2 in their favor.

• The Book: "Peace, The Biography of a Symbol"
• A Piece of Our Time