| March 10, 1968 Cesar Chavez ended a 23-day fast for U.S. farm workers in a Delano, California, public park with 4000 supporters at his side, including Senator Robert Kennedy (D-New York). Cesar Chavez led the effort to organize farm workers into a union for better pay, working and living conditions. The story of Cesar Chavez  |
| March 10, 1969 James Earl Ray was sentenced to prison for 99 years by a court in Memphis, Tennessee, after admitting he murdered American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King, who preached and practiced nonviolence, was shot dead by a sniper in Memphis as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. The building now houses the National Civil Rights Museum.  Witnesses pointing toward the source of the shot that killed King. National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel |
| March 10, 2006 Turkish conscientious objector (CO) Mehmet Tarhan was released unexpectedly from a military prison after being held for having refused service in the army. A court decided that he had already been held longer (23 months) than any possible sentence for the crime.  Mehmet Tarhan Mehmet Tarhan’s supportersHe was ordered, however, to present himself again for military service and thus be subject to re-arrest for the same offense. War Resisters’ International(WRI) led an international support campaign for him along with other CO activists in Turkey. More on Mehmet Tarhan and other Turkish COs |
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