The Rosa Parks of the Disabled Movement

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dora Anderson, founder of the Disabled Citizens Rights Society and President of the Missouri Black Farmers Association, is a longtime advocate for civil and human rights issues. For twenty years, she has fought relentlessly for the civil and human rights of her daughter, Denise, to work and live a normal life, despite her learning disabilities. She has also joined the struggle against the plight of Black Farmers and Landowners, kindred spirits with the plight of her daughter, in their on-going fight to keep their land for their children and future generations so that every generation does not start at zero. For the last seven years, she has been employed at Wal-Mart, following a fifteen-year employment at General Motors, where she took an early retirement when the plant closed, in order to avoid relocating with her two daughters, Doris and Denise. **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**EDITORS: For review copies or interview requests, contact:Jennifer Shively, Publicity CoordinatorTel: 800-839-8640, ext. 5282Fax: 812-961-3133Email: jshively@authorhouse.com(When requesting a review copy, please provide a street address.) The American Dream and the Whistle Blower in PrintA compelling true story of a mother and daughter's fight against discrimination KANSAS CITY/RAYTOWN, Mo. - Dora and Denise Anderson have committed themselves to a 20 year struggle to address the wrongs that Denise suffered while employed at GM in Kansas City, Kansas. The Rosa Parks of the Disabled Movement (published by Author House) recalls the mother-daughter struggle for justice.Denise Anderson was hired in 1982, under the protection of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act, which was a predecessor of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. After six and a half years of success as a GM employee, she suffered an on-the-job injury, which was brought about by GM's negligence; however, they refused to allow her to return to work after receiving her medical release from her ph