GBN Daily Drop for April 28, 2022: Disability Rights Activist Brad Lomax

When Black Panther Party member Brad Lomax started using a wheelchair every day after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, he realized he had another "ism" to fight -- ableism. In 1977 Lomax helped lead the "504 Sit In" -- the longest sit in in U.S. History to fight for disability rights from the federal government.

To learn more, read 2020 New York Times feature article on Lomax from its Overlooked No More series, read The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation by Doris Fleischer and Frieda James from 2011, and watch the 2020 documentary Crip Camp on Netflix.

More sources:

• http://sfbayview.com/2014/02/black-history-of-504-sit-in-for-disability-rights-more-than-serving-food-when-will-the-healing-begin/

• https://www.ndrn.org/resource/drib2020-brad-lomax/

• https://www.centerforlearnerequity.org/news/brad-lomax-uniting-the-civil-rights-and-disability-rights-communities/

• http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1371/1539

• https://dredf.org/504-sit-in-20th-anniversary/short-history-of-the-504-sit-in/

• https://newrepublic.com/article/158618/americans-disabilities-act-teach-todays-protesters

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRrIs22plz0 (Crip Camp trailer)

• https://youtu.be/KfBD62gj8cs (short doc on Lomax)

• https://youtu.be/z3Swx-FNQVI (504 sit in short)

Photo credit: HolLynn D’Lil. (Brad Lomax at a rally in 1977 at Lafayette Square in Washington.)