In April of 1978 over one hundred disability rights advocates occupied a federal building in San Francisco. Their goal was to force the Carter administration to fulfill a campaign promise. What followed turned into the longest occupation of a federal building in United States history. This is the story of the 504 Protest.
Sources
https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/504-protest-disability-community-and-civil-rights.htm
https://dredf.org/short-history-of-the-504-sit-in/
https://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/patient-no-more/virtual-tour
Image: By Kenneth E. Stein - https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_557112
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