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Date Title
11/17/2007 One Simple Solution to Prevent Unnecessary Institutionalization.
3/26/2007 ADAPT Confronts Mid-South Commission on Aging
3/7/2007 HARKIN INTRODUCES BILL TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES
2/7/2007 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT REACHES FAIR HOUSING ACT SETTLEMENT WITH MEMPHIS DEVELOPERS, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS.
7/26/2006 16th Anniversary of the ADA in Memphis
7/21/2006 Memphis Center for Independent Living Unveils its Report Card on Memphis and Shelby County’s Commitment Towards the Equality of People with Disabilities.
7/18/2006 SCLC and MCIL Team Up for Memphians with Disabilities
7/6/2006 Governor Bredesen Forces Thousands to Seek Prescription Assistance
3/6/2006 Community Choices Act
10/19/2005 Meet, Freedom Fighter Darrel Williams
10/19/2005 Meet, Freedom Fighter LaTonya Reeves
9/22/2005 “Hey Bredesen We Want Medicine,” Greets Tennessee Governor at $1000 a Plate Fund Raiser
8/25/2005 Senator Frist, We Demand Freedom!
8/5/2005 Governor Bredesen Ignores the Voices of People with Disabilities
7/28/2005 ADA March Can Only Go One Block.
6/16/2005 SCLC joins the struggle to secure TennCare
4/13/2004 First Ever Free Yo Momma Day! May 7th 2004
2/10/2003 TDOT Settles Accessibility Complaint Raised by Citizens with Disabilities
6/28/2002 Memphians Petition for More Time to Make Comments on Accessibility
4/12/2002 Memphis Center for Independent Living launches Computer Resource Lab for training Facility opens with support of Microsoft TEC Grant, federal and local funds
1/18/2002 MCIL and Microsoft offer TEC to bring people with disabilities into the community
10/9/2001 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUES DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS OF MEMPHIS AREA APARTMENT COMPLEXES FOR VIOLATING FAIR HOUSING ACT
7/27/2001 Representative Ford calls for a public forum on Memphis paratransit
5/10/2001 ADAPT Activist Settles Pro Se Complaint with 54 Restaurants
5/4/2001 Disability Rights Activists to Query Bush on Promises
1/15/2001 Blockbuster Blocks Access.
7/10/2000 AAPD CELEBRATES 10th ANNIVERSARY of ADA WITH 24-CITY TORCH RELAY
2/7/2000 FEDERAL PROBE OF MATAplus BEGINNING
1/26/2000 MCIL sues local apartments for greater access
9/21/1999 DISABILITY ACTIVISTS PROTEST SINGER APPOINTMENT
9/13/1999 Barrier Free Memphis Society 1999 City Council Soapbox.
7/12/1999 Barrier Free Memphis Society 1999 Mayoral Candidate Forum.
6/22/1999 ADA Victory in the Supreme Court Tennessee must integrate!
6/10/1999 MATA violates the ADA
5/13/1999 Four Thousand March with ADAPT to Supreme Court.
2/19/1999 Disability discrimination is in the public eye.
11/19/1998 De-segregate Tennessee long-term care!
8/19/1998 ADAPT activist files a Federal Complaint against a Memphis restaurant
7/27/1998 Greyhound settles an ADA complaint brought pro se by an ADAPT activist.
7/3/1998 ADAPT mares Sundquist's rally
6/25/1998 NationsBank will accept non-driver IDs
6/5/1998 Disability Activists to Disrupt Hemlock Conference.
5/12/1998 Sundquist Epitomizes Flaws in "States' Rights"
5/12/1998 Mayors Rout and Herenton Support ADAPT While Sunquist Plays Scrooge.
5/11/1998 ADAPT Occupies Tennessee Governor's Office.
4/27/1998 National Disability Rights Conference in Memphis to emphasize REAL Choice in long-term care.
4/20/1998 Individual asserts civil rights in federal court Dog guides accepted in Memphis taxis.
10/15/1997 ADAPT demands Dresden Tennessee Post Office become accessible to all Americans.
10/1/1997 MATA breaks promise for new buses, ADAPT will protest at Trolley opening.
8/8/1997 Seven arrested protesting Greyhound Line's purchase of inaccessible buses.
7/26/1997 Local banks ignore the needs of mid-southerners with disabilities.
6/24/1997 Gingrich Introduces to House ADAPT's CASA Legislation
5/8/1997 Memphis ADAPT beats back an injunction
4/15/1997 Memphis ADAPT to answer Summons
4/1/1997 Survey of MATAplus will focus on Service
1/15/1997 ADAPT demands lifts from Greyhound.
1/8/1997 Memphians to hear Dr. C. Everett Koop Speak in Washington, D.C.
10/2/1995 The Supreme Court rules nursing home care unnecessary segregation.

 


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