Tom Rickert on community and infrastructural organizing during 504 (Updated over a year ago)

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In this oral history interview, Tom Rickert recounts his experience as a community organizer and participant in the 504 protests. Rickert speaks to the political climate of the Bay Area prior to and during the protests, and the infrastructural implications of disability community organizing.

Tags: 504 protest , ada , adapt , americans with disabilities act , bus protests , civil rights , disability rights movement , independent living , mobility , municipal transit agency , patty hearst , section 504 , summer of love , tom rickert , transportation , wheelchair access

Added to Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability Collection on March 13, 2017.

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Information

  • Locale: 1970s; San Francisco Bay Area
  • Date: Spring 2014
  • Format: mp4
  • Publisher: Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability

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  • LON-01-18.mp4 (316.83 MB – MPEG4 video)
  • LON-01-18.jpg (143.77 KB – JPEG image)
  • rickert.vtt (69.10 KB – WebVTT file)

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