In other words, even now, decades after the disability rights movement began, people are mean ... one illness or car accident away from being disabled,” she says. It’s important to speak up when ...

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For Charles Person and Thomas Gaither, 1961 was an eventful year in their young lives. Person was 18 and became the youngest of the original Freedom Riders, and Gaither was 22 when he introduced the ...

This is a major book, wide in its scope and thorough ... late 1970s and early 1980s to set in motion a dignified approach to disability, and with it a global movement for disability rights, must not ...

Formed in 1912 by a single woman with a disability, the Girl Scouts' first ... In this post-COVID world, Girl Scouts is more important than ever. We provide a foundation for long-lasting ...

Boomers played a crucial role in this fight, marching in protests, participating in sit-ins, and advocating for desegregation in schools, buses, and public spaces. According to PBS, their actions ...

Artifacts of activism, such as Rustin's notes for a March on Washington for Civil Rights, "Don’t Join Jim Crow Army" buttons, and telegrams from key historical events. Personal and public ...

Can you talk a little bit about what that is and why it's important to you? Oddly enough, enhanced community living is one of the core tenets of what was the independent living movement, which evolved ...

In Tallahassee, which has a big chapter in the Civil Rights Movement (Google “Tallahassee Bus Boycotts” to learn more), the ...

The OPSC OCS important topics for Paper I are current events of national and international importance, the history of India and the Indian National Movement, the history of Odisha and Odia ...