Brad Lomax is a disabled man who is the leading reason we have Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, but most likely, you don’t know who he is. You don’t have to be embarrassed or ashamed because not many people know of Lomax and his contributions to Disability Rights.
Featured August Blog Post: Brad Lomax: The Disabled Black Panther Who Fought for Section 504 by Saphire Murphy.
We are proud to share this excellent overview summary of disability history!
Lynne O'Hara from National History Day (NHD) approached Emerging America in su…
April featured lesson: Disabled veterans advocated for access to legal services and won the first curb cut in Kalamazoo in 1945. How can this story spark student curiosity about their community a…
In Mikaël Ross’s graphic novel The Thud, the main character Noel, who has a developmental disability and has just arrived at a care facility in Germany, learns from an older woman named Irma about how her brother once told her the story of how the buses cam…
March featured blog: "Completely Healthy Children:" The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust - by Wyatt Edwards
The engravings on the right of two young women are haunting. Aside from the clothing, these faces could easily be high school or college students today. Yet these images appeared in the New York Tribune in 1912 under the headline, “Eugenists Would Improve Human Stock by Blotting Out Blood Taints,” with the sub…
February Featured Blog Post - Eugenics: Teaching Agency and the Roots of Genocide - including lesson from Reform to Equal Rights
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