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The Black Panthers and Disability History


The Black Panthers and Disability History - Independence Now

The Black Panther Party gives its full support to Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and calls for President Carter and HEW Secretary Califano to sign ...

The 504 Protests and the Black Panther Party

Over and over again, the disabled protesters credited the BPP with literally sustaining their struggle, “keeping us alive body and soul,” as one ...

The Intersection of Black and Disability History - Independence Now

From Independence Now: “Brad Lomax was unflinching in his advocacy around Black empowerment and disability rights. In 1974, Lomax was working at ...

The Role of the Black Panthers in the Disability Rights Movement

One of the hidden aspects of the Black Panther Party in the California Bay Area was its contributions to the nascent disability rights movement in the 1970s. In ...

Overlooked No More: Brad Lomax, a Bridge Between Civil Rights ...

When Brad Lomax joined the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s, he hoped to be part of a revolution that would provide a better life for Black ...

The Role of the Black Panthers in the Disability Rights Movement

One of the hidden aspects of the Black Panther Party in the California Bay Area was its contributions to the nascent disability rights ...

Lomax's Matrix: Disability, Solidarity, and the Black Power of 504

Lomax was a disabled Panther and a Panther disability rights/independent living movement leader whose work at this juncture began well before the HEW building ...

Brad Lomex: The Black Panthers and the Disability Rights Movement

The Black Panthers were a revolutionary socialist political party that was set up in 1966 to protect the community from police brutality in Oakland, California.

Why Black Disabled History Matters - The Arc

Brad Lomax was yet another Black disabled leader who made history. Lomax was a member of the Black Panther Party and had multiple sclerosis and ...

Disability History: The 1977 504 Sit-In

Groups that supported the 504 protesters included the Black Panther Party, Glide Memorial Church, Gay Men's Butterfly Brigade, Delancey Street, the United Farm ...

The Disability Movement and the Black Panther Party.

Due to the two groups finding solace in their need for civil rights, they found an ally in the process. The Disability Movement and The Black ...

From the wheelchair-using Black Panther to the 'cripple suffragette'

Over the past few years, my work as a journalist and activist has finally led me to learn some of the history of the disability rights movement.

Black Disability Politics in the Black Panther Party

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How The Black Panther Party Contributed To Disability Rights

The May 7th, 1977 cover of “The Black Panther,” the national newsletter of the party, featured Panther members Brad Lomax in a wheelchair being pushed by fellow ...

Crossroads of Protest: Historical Connections Between Racial ...

Bradl was a Black Panther with MS and a disability rights activist. Print Books about Disabilty Rights, Protest, and Racial Justice. Cover ...

Video: Disability & Blackness | Othering & Belonging Institute

One of the hidden aspects of the Black Panther Party in the California Bay Area was its contributions to the nascent disability rights ...

Disability history and The Black Panthers || cw: ableism (disc.) - Reddit

This history disabled people have made and has been made for us. Teach them about Carrie Buck, who was sterilized against her will, sued in 1927, and lost.

504 Protest: Disability, Community, and Civil Rights

Food and other supplies were provided to the protesters by the local section of the Black Panther Party. Every day they dropped off one hot meal ...

1. "We Have a Right to Rebel": Black Disability Politics in the Black ...

On May 7, 1977, the cover story of the Black Panther, the weekly newspaper of the Black Panther Party (bpp), read, “handicapped in demands—.

When Disability Rights Activists Staged a 25-Day Sit-in at a ...

“I can call the Black Panthers,” said Brad Lomax, a young protester with multiple sclerosis. Brad used a wheelchair and favored suits with wide ...