Disability Rights Activist Bill Palmer on the 1977 Section 504 Occupation

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In this oral history interview, protester Bill Palmer talks about his involvement in the 504 Sit-in. After returning from the Vietnam War, Bill became a disabled transit driver, and he discusses transporting protesters and supplies in and out of the Federal Building, and how this led to his own involvement in the protest.

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