I have been thinking for a long time about what happened when Black radicals become disabled later in life? Nine times out of ten they disappeared or had to deal with their disability in silence. This is a miss opportunity for the Black disabled community but it is up to us to build that support system and a Black disabled radical community. Tamari Kitossa and I wrote an essay entitled “All in the Family: The disabled in activist Black American families”
What happens when well known Black activists and prominent individuals become disabled or have a history of disability in their families? Unfortunately, there are cases where they remain hidden……
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