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  Disability Rights activist Beverly Bertaina on the 1977 Section 504 Occupation and being the mother of a disabled child

  In this oral history interview, nondisabled ally Beverly Bertaina talks about her week-long participation in the 504 Occupation with her four year old son Adam. Adam was diagnosed with developmental disabilities and cerebral palsy and was brought into the building with his mother. She discusses her individual responsibilities during the protest working in the kitchen, the dynamic between able-bodied and disabled protesters, and her involvement in activism as the parent of a disabled child both before and after the protest.

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  Disability Rights Activist Eddie Jauregui recalls his involvement in the 1977 Section 504 Occupation as a deaf protester

  In this oral history interview, Disability Rights Activist Eddie Jauregui recalls his involvement in the 504 Sit-in as a deaf protester. He notes tensions between the Deaf community and other organizers due to language barriers.

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  Journalist and newscaster Evan White on his experience covering the 1977 Section 504 Occupation

  In this oral history interview, journalist and newscaster Evan White discusses his experience covering the 504 Sit-in in San Francisco. He notes how the protest organizers communicated with the media as a strategy, and how media coverage affected the success of the protest. He also traveled with a select group of protesters to Washington D.C., and discusses the experiences of transporting protesters around the city in a moving van as their only accessible vehicle option, meeting Joe Califano, and waiting for President Jimmy Carter outside of church.