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Being Heumann an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist

"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...

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Main Authors: Heumann, Judith E. (Author), Joiner, Kristen (Author)
Corporate Author: Beacon Press
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Heumann, Judith E.
Human rights workers > United States > Biography.
People with disabilities > United States > Biography.
Teachers > United States > Biography.
People with disabilities.
Human rights.
Civil rights.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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Table of 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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