Cultural Writing. TO RIDE THE PUBLIC'S BUSES: THE FIGHT THAT BUILT THE MOVEMENT is the first in the "Disability Rag Reader" series, anthologies of articles on particular topics that appeared in the Disability Rag 1980-1996. TO RIDE THE PUBLIC'S BUSES, begins in the 1980's and chronicles the fight for equal opportunity rights for people with disabilities. Protests occurring during this time were fought to publicize the segregation and prejudice evident in the American Public Transit Association. With a Forward by Stephanie Thomas, Adapt organizer and editor for Incitement, this anthology chronicles the nationwide legal, political and personal issues involved with gearing up the movement and keeping it moving perpetually forward. Edited by Mary Johnson and Barrett Shaw, TO RIDE THE PUBLIC'S BUSES details the success of a group of activists fighting for wheelchair accessibility and equality in the eyes of the public.
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Mary Johnson founded The Disability Rag magazine in 1980 and was its editor until 1992. She now edits its successor, Ragged Edge magazine.
Barrett Shaw was editor of The Disability Rag from 1992-1994. She is president of The Advocado Press.
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Department of Transportation, Wade Blank, San Antonio, Los Angeles, American Public Transit Association, Disabilities Act, Chicago Transit Authority, Easter Seal, Mark Johnson, Mike Auberger, Rosa Parks, San Francisco, Transit Authority of River City, Cobb County, New York City, Diane Coleman, Martin Luther King, Bob Kafka, Court of Appeals, Long Beach, Maine Association of Handicapped Persons, San Diego, Task Force, Bob Conrad, Kansas City New!
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Bob Conrad uses a wheelchair and lives in Denver. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Department of Transportation, Wade Blank, San Antonio, Los Angeles, American Public Transit Association, Disabilities Act, Chicago Transit Authority, Easter Seal, Mark Johnson, Mike Auberger, Rosa Parks, San Francisco, Transit Authority of River City, Cobb County, New York City, Diane Coleman, Martin Luther King, Bob Kafka, Court of Appeals, Long Beach, Maine Association of Handicapped Persons, San Diego, Task Force, Bob Conrad, Kansas City New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Americans With Disabilities (The Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science Series Vol 549) by Willia Johnson on 6 pages
- Public Works: Student Writing as Public Text by Emily J. Isaacs on page 53
- Rosa Parks (Trophy Chapter Book) by Eloise Greenfield on page 82
- First Aid by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons on page 155
- Human Rights Act: A Success Story (Journal of Law and Society Special Issues) by Luke Clements on page 115
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