An August 1967 rally at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando drew 30,000 teachers, who demanded state action.
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Membership in the American Federation of Teachers, the national union of which the UFT is a part, had increased dramatically during the 1960s, as had the rate of teachers' strikes.