Related ResourcesSymposium
Intersections of Civil Rights and Social Movements:
Putting Disability in Its Place
University of California, Berkeley
November 3, 2000
This symposium brought together more than 300 scholars, activists, students, and community members to discuss the disability movement within the larger context of a broad range of American social movements. Civil rights historians, civil rights activists, disability scholars, and museum and library professionals explored parallels and differences in struggles for civil rights by people with disabilities, women, African Americans, Latinos, and gays and lesbians.
I. Keynote Address: "The Genealogy of a Social Movement"
- Daphne Muse, Introduction to the symposium
- Jonathan Young, Associate Director for Disability Outreach, White House Office of Public Liaison
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On the genealogy of a social movement
II. Civil Rights Historians: Social Movements and Pivotal Personal Moments
- Mary Lou Breslin, Introduction to the speakers
- Waldo Martin, Professor of recent U.S. and African American history, UC Berkeley
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On personal experiences and parallels with civil rights movements - Ruth Rosen, Professor of History, UC Davis, historian of the women's movement
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On parallels with the women's movement
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On the role of social movements, boldness, and backlash - Horacio Roque Ramirez, PhD candidate, Comparative Ethnic Studies, UC Berkeley
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On intersectional identities in the Latino and gay and lesbian movements -
Paul Longmore, Professor of U.S. and disability history, San Francisco State University
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On the personal and political dimensions of studying disability history
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On the creation of a disability community
III. The Curator Looks at Icons of History: from Susan B. Anthony's desk to the Greensboro lunch counter to Ed Roberts' iron lung
- Katherine Ott, Curator, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
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On collecting and preserving objects of civil rights history of women, African Americans, people with disabilities, and others
IV. Civil Rights Activists: Movement Organizers Look Back
- Daphne Muse and David Landes, Introduction to the speakers
- Diane Nash, Cofounder, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee [SNCC]
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On recollections of the Freedom Rides, 1961 - Charles Cobb, SNCC organizer, Mississippi voter registration, 1960s
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On the tradition of the Southern civil rights movement
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On the significance of legislative breakthroughs - Kitty Cone, organizer, 28-day sit-in for 504 disability accessibility, San Francisco, 1977
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On strategies and community building behind the scenes at the 504 sit-in
V. Jacobus ten Broek: UC Berkeley's Pioneer in Civil Rights Theory and Action
- Adrienne Asch, Professor in Biology, Ethics, and the Politics of Reproduction, Wellesley College
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On Jacobus ten Broek, distinguished UC Berkeley scholar of civil rights/civil liberties law and founder of the National Federation of the Blind
