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Large print book

Being Heumann : an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 921 H593 (OSH)

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Edition

Large print edition.

Publication Information

Boston : Beacon Press, [2020]

Physical Description

xvII, 437 pages (large print) ; 26 cm

Summary

One of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human. A story of fighting to belong in a world that wasn't built for all of us and of one woman's activism--from the streets of Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.

Contents

  • Part one: Brooklyn, New York, 1953
  • The Butterfly
  • Insubordinate
  • To Fight or Not to Fight
  • Fear of Flying
  • Part two: Berkeley, California, 1977
  • Detained
  • Occupation Army
  • Soldiers in Combat
  • The White House
  • Part three: Berkeley, California, 1981
  • The Reckoning
  • Chingona
  • Humans
  • Our Story.

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