1977 Section 504 Sit-in at the San Francisco HEW Offices
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Title
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1977 Section 504 Sit-in at the San Francisco HEW Offices
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Date
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April 1977
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Spatial Coverage
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50 United Nations Plaza, San Francisco, California, United States
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Description
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Beginning April 5, 1977, disability-rights protesters occupied the San Francisco offices of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for nearly a month, demanding implementation of Section 504 regulations without weakening changes. The regulations were signed on April 28, 1977.
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ABP identifier
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ABP-E-0019
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Historical significance
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The occupation made disabled people’s leadership central to a landmark civil-rights campaign and helped secure federal regulations prohibiting disability discrimination by recipients of federal funds.
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Intellectual stream
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Disability bioethics
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Law & public policy
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Boundary expansion
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Verification status
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Verified
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Evidence confidence
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High