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The 504 Sit-in was a disability rights protest that began on April 5, 1977. People with disabilities and the disability community occupied federal buildings in the United States in order to push the issuance of long-delayed regulations regarding Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 .
ACCD's first major accomplishment was the issuance, in April 1977, of final regulations carrying out Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act. The coalition's national advocacy effort, culminating in a raucous 10-city sit in, including a record 25 days at the San Francisco HEW building, has had lasting effects.
In 1977, he participated in the 504 Sit-in at the San Francisco Federal Building, and encouraged the Black Panthers to provide meals and other supplies to the protestors. The protest was in response to the failure of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) to implement Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
On April 5, 1977, 150 disability rights activists stormed into the federal Department of Health, Education, and Welfare building demanding for the disability community to be included in the 504 section. O'Toole was a participant in the 504 Sit-in, which lasted for twenty-five days, and ended in success. Of the protest, she said, "At that time ...
Benjamin Cowins during a 1961 sit-in at McCrory's lunch counter in Tallahassee A sit-in for climate action in Melbourne, Australia Human rights sit-in at the Taiwanese executive assembly. A sit-in or sit-down is a form of direct action that involves one or more people occupying an area for a protest, often to promote political, social, or ...
In what came to be called the 504 Sit-in, Roberts and his peers demonstrated to enforce section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which stated that people with disabilities should not be excluded from activities, denied the right to receive benefits, or be discriminated against, from any program that uses federal financial assistance ...
Cone organized and participated in the 504 Sit-in. [5] Initially Joseph Califano , U.S. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, refused to sign meaningful regulations for Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 , which was the first U.S. federal civil rights protection for people with disabilities. [ 7 ]
1977 Argentina rail strike [34] Strike by Aztra engenho workers in Ecuador, resulting in the Aztra massacre. 1977–78 Lockheed strike, 12-week strike by Lockheed Corporation workers in the United States. [35] [36] 1977 United States longshoremen strike, organised by the International Longshoremen's Association. [37] [38]