To Ride the Public's Buses: The Fight That Built a Movement (Disability Rag Reader) (Paperback)

~ Stephanie Thomas (Foreword), Mary Johnson (Editor), Barrett Shaw (Editor), Tom Olin (Editor, Photographer) "Bob Conrad uses a wheelchair and lives in Denver..." (more)
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Product Description

"To Ride The Public's Buses" chronicles the push by activists of American Disabled for Accessible Public Transportation to gain access to our cities' public bus systems, and how they built a grassroots activist disability rights movement in the process. The book, the first of The Advocado Press's "Disability Rag Readers," is an anthology of articles about the bus battle that appeared in the pages of The Disability Rag from 1983-1990. Photos by Tom Olin, Foreword by Stephanie Thomas.

About the Author

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.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Advocado Press, Inc.; 1 edition (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962706493
• ISBN-13: 978-0962706493
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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