Activist Ron Washington on the Section 504 protests and Civil Rights

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In this oral history interview, Disability and Civil Rights activist Ron Washington discusses his experience in the 504 protests, as well as how those events intersected with the interests of the Civil Rights Movement. Washington discusses prejudices held in different activist communities, and efforts that were made to further Civil Rights collectively.

Publisher
Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability
Format
mp4
Date
Spring 2014
Locale
1970s; San Francisco Bay Area
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4659

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