Becoming Real in 24 Days - One Participant's Story of the 1977 504 Demonstrations is about the takeover of the fourth floor of the San Francisco Federal building in 1977 by disabled protestors demanding that the newly inaugurated President James Carter implement Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. It's also about a turning point for the participants, including the author, in how they viewed themselves in the world.
With some 200 photographs, this memoir takes you inside a major event in the disability civil rights movement — the successful fight for the fair implementation of the first Federal civil rights law for people with disabilities. This is the story of how it was done, who had the courage to do it and how it shaped the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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ISBN: 978-0-9961153
244 total pages, size: 9 x 12
Includes historic documents and photographs, suitable for research on civil rights history.
This book is formatted for persons with low vision.
"Got your book yesterday. It is AMAZING! - Brava! I really couldn't put it down. The sit-in happened before I was all that involved in disability rights - or I was just starting out here in Louisville with a group but I really knew nothing about national stuff. It was only after The Rag started and I began to know the national scene that I realized what an amazing thing people had done in '77. Of course Mary Jane told me all about it, as did others, but your photos and text brought it home in a way that nothing had before. So many people - who looked SO YOUNG! Judy, Ed, Mary Lou Breslin, Mary Jane - almost every page I turned I'd see somebody I had known or known about! So thank you so much for sending it - and more than that, thank you for DOING IT! It is a great commemoration of a great page from history. All the best,"
~ Mary
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A disability-rights advocate for the last forty years, HolLynn D’Lil has played a major role in shaping California accessibility standards, including the first California Building Code standards for accessible public accommodations, historical buildings and housing.
She has participated on committees for the U.S. Access Board, the National Fire Protection Association, the California Division of the State Architect, the Secretary of State, the California Department of Housing and Community Development, the State Historical Building Safety Board and the State Fire Marshall.