Resources

How Fannie Lou Hamer’s disability informed her fight for voting rights

(From The 19th, July 19, 2023) Fannie Lou Hamer’s testimony at the 1964 DNC shook the nation and highlighted the ...
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LaTonya Reeves, Advocate for Community-Based Services

From Colorado Developmental Disabilities Council On January 9, 2023, LaTonya S. Reeves died after a short illness. Governor Polis only ...
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Signing Black in America

(From Talking Black in America) SIGNING BLACK in AMERICA is the first documentary about Black ASL: the unique dialect of American ...
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Lois Curtis, Disability Rights Activist Who Won a Landmark Civil Rights Case (1967 – 2022)

Fighting for the right to live in the community and establishing the right of people with disabilities to live independently ...
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Freak Shows in the United States (1840-1940)

How'd You Like to be a Giant? For one hundred years (1840 - 1940) the freak show was one of ...
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The 504 Protests and the Black Panther Party

In April 1977, disability activists around the country held protests to fight for the passage of Section 504 of the ...
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Black Disabled Ancestors: by Leroy F. Moore Jr.

"We say that our ancestors are resting in peace but I argue that our Black Disabled Ancestors can’t rest in ...
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The Overlooked History of Black Disabled People

By Vilissa Thompson, Rewire News Group What do Harriet Tubman, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Mary Davidson have in common? They ...
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Black Deaf Americans: History, Culture, and Education

The University of Oregon's Special Collections and University Archives (SCUA) has an exhibit focusing on Black Deaf Americans. "Black Deaf ...
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