Tag: American History

• ‘Sounds Like Home’- Wright, Mary Herring

  Mary Herring Wright’s memoir adds an important dimension to the current literature in that it is a story by and about an African American deaf child. The author recounts her experiences growing up as a deaf person in Iron Mine, North Carolina, from the 1920s through the 1940s. Her story is unique and historically significant…

  The Disability Archives

  22nd Nov 2023

  Age, Author, Autobiography, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Deaf, Disability, Genre, Hearing Disability, Historical, Misc, Non-Fiction, W

  American History, Black Writer, Deaf, Hearing Disability, Historical, Memoir, Non-Fiction, POC, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The Disabled Experience, USA

• ‘No Right to Be Idle’- Rose, Sarah F.

  During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans with all sorts of disabilities came to be labeled as “unproductive citizens.” Before that, disabled people had contributed as they were able in homes, on farms, and in the wage labor market, reflecting the fact that Americans had long viewed productivity as a spectrum that varied…

  The Disability Archives

  27th Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, R, Sociology

  Academic, American History, Disability History, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’- Skloot, Rebecca

  Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her enslaved ancestors, yet her cells—taken without her knowledge—became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first “immortal” human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though…

  The Disability Archives

  22nd Oct 2023

  Academic, Age, Autobiography, Book Type, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Journalism, Misc, Non-Fiction, S, Terminal Illness

  American History, Biographical, Biopolitics, Black Politics, Body Politics, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability History, Disability Studies, Healthcare, Henrietta Lacks, Journalism, Medical Consent, Medical Justice, Non-Fiction, POC, Racialised Medical Care, Read By Archivist, Science, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Terminal Illness, USA

• ‘Disability Pride’- Mattlin, Ben

  An eye-opening portrait of the diverse disability community as it is today and how attitudes, activism, and representation have evolved since the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In Disability Pride, disabled journalist Ben Mattlin weaves together interviews and reportage to introduce a cavalcade of individuals, ideas, and events in engaging, fast-paced prose.…

  The Disability Archives

  1st Oct 2023

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  Activism, American History, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Politics, Disability Pride, History, Journalism, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, The ADA, USA

• ‘Crip Kinship’- Kafai, Shayda

  The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to acknowledge the power and resilience of the disabled community, and to call out ableist culture wherever it appears. Crip Kinship explores the art activism…

  The Disability Archives

  25th Sep 2023

  Age, Author, Book Type, Creative Non-Fiction, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, K, LGBTQ+, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, Queer, Sociology

  Activism, American History, Art, Art History, Disability Activism, Disability Art, Disability History, Disability Justice, History, LGBTQ+, Non-Fiction, Politics, Sins Invalid, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘Black Disability Politics’- Schalk, Sami

  In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability have been and continue to be central to Black activism from the 1970s to the present. Schalk shows how Black people have long engaged with disability as a political issue deeply tied to race and racism. She points out that this work has not…

  The Disability Archives

  11th Sep 2023

  Academic, Age, Author, Book Type, Disability, Disability Studies, Genre, Historical, Misc, Misc., Non-Fiction, S

  Academic, Activism, American History, Black Activism, Black Politics, Black Writer, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Politics, Disability Studies, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice, Stand Alone, Submitted Book, USA

• ‘A Disability History of the United States’- Nielsen, Kim E.

  The first book to cover the entirety of disability history, from pre-1492 to the present Disability is not just the story of someone we love or the story of whom we may become; rather it is undoubtedly the story of our nation. Covering the entirety of US history from pre-1492 to the present, A Disability…

  The Disability Archives

  8th Sep 2023

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  Academic, Activism, American History, Civil Rights, Disability Activism, Disability History, Disability Justice, Disability Rights, Disability Studies, Eugenics, Feminsim, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Social Issues, Social Justice, Sociology, Submitted Book, USA