Enter “Black History” plus any disability (i.e.Learn about Black History heroes who are or were deaf or blind: (link).On the website for Respect Ability, an advocacy organization, you can find an article featuring the experiences and voices of current African-American celebrities who have disabilities.National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) has a Black History Bio for each day of February: (link).Test your knowledge by taking this quiz with the National Black Disability Coalition (NBDC): (link)
Research forays have been known to start at (link) Brad Lomax, and end up at the (link) Wild Zappers, a DC-based all black all deaf dance company - what new-to-you ancestral influencers and history-makers will become front-of-mind to you? A little time spent exploring Black history this month may lead you in enlightening directions. Black history is being made this moment, and there is an endless amount to learn from the past. In the links described below, we hope you may find information you will be happy to rediscover or learn for the first time. For instance, Harriet Tubman lived with epilepsy and narcolepsy. Further back in history, learn new things about the famous Black figures who also had disabilities. Crip Camp shows how intersectional being black and disabled can be - beyond the Black Panthers. Many people with disabilities were part of both movements and continue to be today. Rediscover how some members of the Black Civil Rights Movement also played essential roles as activists in the US Disability Rights Movement, and paved the way for disability rights activists to influence social change and legislation.
Accessibility and Disability Service and Student Disability Services highlight Black History Month.