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Aug 22 1966 United Farm Workers formed.
Kerr-McGee Corp. agreed to pay the estate of the late Karen Silkwood $1.38 million, settling a 10-year-old nuclear contamination lawsuit.
Farm Workers lettuce strike begins.
UN Security Council declares embargo against Iraq.
The Amistad, a slave ship, is seized by the slaves and lands on Long Island, NY.
The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution. Celebrated as Women's Equality Day.
Democratic convention besieged by protesters. Police attack demon- strators. 500 arrested. Later called “police riot.
San Francisco Peace Torch begins its journey to Washington, D.C. for a demonstration against the Vietnam War.
300,000 march in Washington on 20th anniversary of Civil Rights March, the second "March on Washington for Jobs, Peace, & Freedom".
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech delivered. Washington DC
60,000 join Peace People demonstra- tions, Belfast & Dublin, Ireland.
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