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7:30 A.M. on April 28, 1977
Anniversary of Section 504 Signing
On April 5, 1977, thousands of "the disabled" converged on Department of Health, Education and Welfare offices around the country to demand that the equal rights legislation Congress had passed in 1974 be implimented. In San Francisco they took over the HEW Office and started what became the longest sit-in occupation of a federal building in U.S. history
At 7:30 A.M. on April 28, 1977 they celebrated victory. The rules implementing Section 504 were signed by HEW Secretary Joseph A. Califano. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is a civil-rights provision. It does not provide funding for any programs or activities; rather, it is a requirement that accompanies federal financial assistance to organizations such as schools and universities. Any organization that receives federal grants - for any purpose - must comply with section 504. Section 504 laid the ground work for the ADA.
"The San Francisco 504 sit-in <http://www.npr.org/programs/wesun/features/2002/504/> did not succeed because of a brilliant strategy by a few disability leaders. It succeeded because the Deaf people set up a communication system from the 4th floor windows inside the building to the plaza down below; because the Black Panther Party brought a hot dinner to all 150 participants every single night; because people from community organizing backgrounds taught us how to make collaborative decisions; because friends came and washed our hair in the janitor's closet sink. The people doing disability rights work in the 1970s rarely agreed on policies, or even on approaches. The successes came because people viewed each other as invaluable resources working towards a common goal." (Corbett Joan O'Toole, Ragged Edge Online <http://www.raggededgemagazine.com/> October 19, 2005)
A Look Back at 'Section 504': San Francisco Sit-In a Defining Moment
http://www.npr.org/programs/wesun/features/2002/504/ <http://www.npr.org/programs/wesun/features/2002/504/>
The 25 Day Siege That Brought Us 504
http://www.independentliving.org/docs4/ervin1986.html <http://www.independentliving.org/docs4/ervin1986.html>
The Section 504 rules: More to the story
http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/0102/0102ft6.html <http://www.ragged-edge-mag.com/0102/0102ft6.html>
A History: Disability at Ohio State
http://digitalunion.osu.edu/r2/summer06/kmetz/index.html <http://digitalunion.osu.edu/r2/summer06/kmetz/index.html>
Disability Studies At OSU
http://disabilitystudies.osu.edu/ <http://disabilitystudies.osu.edu/>
ADA Coordinators Office
Http://ada.osu.edu <http://ada.osu.edu/>
Office For Disability Services
http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/ <http://www.ods.ohio-state.edu/>
Web Accessibility Center
http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/ <http://www.wac.ohio-state.edu/>
Nisonger Center
http://nisonger.osu.edu/ <http://nisonger.osu.edu/>
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