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Abstract / Summary

TO RIDE THE PUBLIC'S BUSES: THE FIGHT THAT BUILT THE MOVEMENT is the first in the "Disability Rag Reader" series, anthologies of articles on particular topics that appeared in the Disability Rag 1980-1996. TO RIDE THE PUBLIC'S BUSES, begins in the 1980's and chronicles the fight for equal opportunity rights for people with disabilities. Protests occurring during this time were fought to publicize the segregation and prejudice evident in the American Public Transit Association. With a Forward by Stephanie Thomas, Adapt organizer and editor for Incitement, this anthology chronicles the nationwide legal, political and personal issues involved with gearing up the movement and keeping it moving perpetually forward. Edited by Mary Johnson and Barrett Shaw, TO RIDE THE PUBLIC'S BUSES details the success of a group of activists fighting for wheelchair accessibility and equality in the eyes of the public.

Field of Interest

Disability Studies

Copyright Message

Copyright © 2001 by The Advocado Press

Content Type

Book

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Format

Text

Page Count

200

Publication Year

2001

Publisher

Advocado Press

Place Published / Released

Louisville, KY

Subject

Disability Studies, Diversity, Advocacy and Rights, The Media, Transportation, Laws and legislation, Segregation, Disabled persons, Civil rights, Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Social Perception, Los Medios, A Mídia, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos, American Public Transit Association, Americans Disabled for Accessible Public Transit, United States, Late 20th Century (1975–2000)

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Rights and advocacy, Social movements, Abogacía y Derechos, Advocacia e Direitos, Social Perception, Los Medios, A Mídia, United States of America, USA, US of A, America, Estados Unidos