Brad Lomax: Creating Communities of Care [ASL + OC]

Explore Brad Lomax’s under-reported contributions to the early disability justice movement.

Brad Lomax: Creating Communities of Care [ASL + OC] American Masters

Premiered October 29, 2024
Brad Lomax: Creating Communities of Care [ASL + OC]

This version contains on-screen ASL interpretation and open captions. The story of a Black Panther Party member and founder of the East Oakland Center for Independent Living, who had multiple sclerosis and used a wheelchair. Explore Brad Lomax’s under-reported contributions to the early disability justice movement, which laid the groundwork for the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act.

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