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[George Cooper, one of the disabled protestors who staged "crawl-on" at the Greyhound bus station in Arlington]

George Cooper, disabled protester, seeks wheelchair lifts for buses

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[George Cooper, one of the disabled protestors who staged "crawl-on" at the Greyhound bus station in Arlington]

Description:

George Cooper, one of the disabled protestors who staged "crawl-on" at the Greyhound bus station in Arlington seeking wheelchair lifts to be added to the buses, 03/28/1989. He crawls up the bus stairs as one person inside the bus looks on.

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Topic:

Physical Disability, Public Health and Welfare, Professional Associations, Advocacy, Social Welfare and Communities

Keywords:

Disability rights, Wheelchair, Advocacy, Accessibility, Accommodations, Paraplegic, Public health, Protests

Persons:

Cooper, George

Places:

Arlington (Tex.)

Greyhound Lines Station (Arlington, Tex.)

Creator:

Hoefer, Jerry W. (Photographer)

Date Created:

1989-03-28

Image Type:

Color, Negative

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10014438

Call Number:

AR406-6 03/28/1989 8808

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

Rights:

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Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)