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Independent Lens | An Invigorating Act of Civil Disobedience | PBS

Duration: 01:27
Program: Independent Lens #1303
Broadcast Date: Oct. 27, 2011

Mary Jane Owen, who was present at the 1977 occupation of the San Francisco Federal Building to protest official attempts to ignore disability rights, describes how her involvement in this act of civil disobedience was "invigorating" and an unprecedented political action for the disabled community.

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Post Date: September 19, 2011