Reporter's Notebook: The disability rights protest that changed every bus ride

from All Things Considered · host Linah Mohammad

A 1978 protest by wheelchair users won a right many now take for granted: boarding a city bus. NPR's Joe Shapiro and Colorado Public Radio's Stephanie Wolf explain.

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