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Research Starter: Florida Teachers' Strike of 1968
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In February 1968, the state teachers' union, the Florida Education Association (FEA), staged the first statewide teachers strike in the country. The strike occurred in response to Governor Claude Kirk's refusal to meet FEA demands on salary and school budget increases.
Florida Memory
- Teachers’ Strike of 1968, Photographic Collection
- Teachers’ Strike of 1968, Selected Documents
State Archives of Florida
Florida Education Association Records, 1886-1986, Collection M86-11
State Library of Florida
- Education in Florida, Bibliography
Published Sources
Noll, Jody Baxter. "We Are Not Hired Help": The 1968 Florida Statewide Teacher and the Formation of Modern Florida. Florida Historical Quarterly 95, no. 3 (2017):356-382.
Kallina, Edmund F. Claude Kirk and the Politics of Confrontation. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1993.