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. >> the first prize high school winners are jacob and riley from urbandale high school in urbandale, iowa, for "fighting for a better tomorrow." >> did you guys know it's almost the 50th anniversary of the tinker v. des moines case? >> what's that? vietnam est of the war,and mary beth weir wore arm bands, leading to their suspension. >> first place high school west students from colorado. >> we decide what america is founded on. one of the most important ideals was that every man is represented. this is what makes us american. voting. the concept that everyone who is affected by government, gets a say in their government. >> and the grand prize win over $5,000 are mason dougherty and eli scott from imagine international academy of north texas in mckinney, texas, for their video "what it means to be american." >> our american institution is one of the most unique in the world where students have the powers vested in them to hold the government accountable rather than just sit around and complain. the greatest thing about the issue of corruption in the united states is that the citizen

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riley,b, matthew, and from urbandale high school in urbandale iowa, for fighting for a better tomorrowdmark case in 1969, in protest to american involvement in the vietnam war. they wore armbands to show discontent. christian and gabriel from colorado springs, colorado, for what it means to be american, voting. >> one of the most important ideals implemented in america's government is that every man is represented. this is what makes us american, boating. cut -- voting. >> the grand prize winner of from northon and eli texas, in mckinney texas, for their video, what it means to be american. >> are american institution is one of the most unique in the world. the greatest thing about the issue of corruption in the united states is that the cases, then most people are willing to recognize the nation's flaws even when the politicians don't. wrecks c-span has given away more than a million dollars in prizes to the winners of our studentcam video documentary competition. the top 20 entries will air on c-span in april and new can watch every winning documentary online at studentcam.org. >> se

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. >> jacob salmon, matthew moran and riley vander hart from urbandale high school in urbandale, iowa, for fighting for a better tomorrow. >> did you guys know that it's almost a 50th anniversary of the tinker v. des moines supreme court case. it was a landmark case in 1969 that helped affirm first amendment rights to students in protest to american involvement in the vietnam war. they wore arm bands to show discontent, leading to their school suspension. >> the first prize high school west goes to christian and gabriel from william j. palmer high school in colorado springs, colorado. for what it means to be american voting. >> in this age we often lose sight what have america was founded upon. one of the most important ideals implemented in america's government is that every man is represented. this is what makes us american. voting. the concept that everyone who is affected by government gets a say in their government. >> and the grand prize winners of $5,000 are mason dorky and eli scott from imagine international academy of north texas in mckinney, texas. for their video, what it m

frome north winners are urbandale high school in urbandale, iowa for "fighting for a better tomorrow.>> to view this was the 50th anniversary of the tinker versus des moines supreme court case? it was a landmark case in 1969 that helped cement first amendment rights for students. john and mary beth tinker wore armbands. a announcer: the first prize high school west goes to a duo from william j palmer high school in colorado springs. colorado for "what it means to be american: voting." >> we often decide when america was founded upon, the most important ideals and american government was that every man is represented. this is a nexus american, voting, the concept that everyone who is affected by government gets a say. announcer: in the grand prize fromr of $5,000 are a duo imagine international academy of north texas for their video, "what it means to be american." >> an american institution is the most unique in the world, where students have power invested in them to hold the government accountable rather than sit around and complain. the greatest thing about the issue of corruption

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in urbandale, iowa. for fighting for a better tomorrow. >> did you guys know that it's almost a 50th anniversary of the tinker v. des moines court case. it was a landmark case in 1969 that helped affirm first amendment rights to students. in protest to u.s. involvement in the vietnam war, students were suspended. >> the first prize to high school west goes to william j. palmer high school in colorado springs, colorado. for what it means to be american voting. >> in this age we often lose sight of what america was founded upon. one of the most important ideals implemented in meck's government was every man is represented. this is what makes us american. voting. the concept that everyone who is affected by government gets a say in their government. >> and the grand prize winners f $5,000 are mason dorky and eli scott from imagine machinery academy of north texas in mckinney, texas. for their video, what it means to be american. >> our american institution is one of the most unique in the world, where citiz

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. >> the first prize high school central winners are jacob salmon, matthew moran from urbandale high school in urbandale, iowa for fighting for a better tomorrow. >> do you guys know it's almost the 50th anniversary of the tinker b. des moines case. >> it was a landmark case that helped first amendment rights to students and protests to american involvement in the vietnam war, john and mary beth tinker wore arm bands to show discontent leading to suspension. >> it goes to christian granados and gabriel wright from william j. palmer high school in colorado springs, colorado, for what it means to be american, voting. >> in this age we often lose sight of what america was founded upon. one of the most important ideals is that every man was represented. this is what makes us american. voting, the concept that everyone who is affected by government gets a say in their government. >> and the grand prize winners of $5,000 are mason doherty and eli scott from imagine international academy of north texas and mckinney, texas, for their video, what it means to be american. >> our american insti

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