Tom Rickert on community and infrastructural organizing during 504

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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.

Locale
1970s; San Francisco Bay Area
Date
Spring 2014
Format
mp4
Publisher
Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability
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3258

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