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Being Heumann : an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist / Judith Heumann, with Kristen Joiner.

by Heumann, Judith E.

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Beacon Press, 2020.

Heumann, Judith E.

Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.

People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.

Teachers -- United States -- Biography.

9780807019290 (hc.)

xiv, 218 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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 Brooklyn and San Francisco to inside the halls of Washington--Being Heumann recounts Judy Heumann's lifelong battle to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion in society.

Joiner, Kristen.

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