AIDE Canada Library

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"We have a right to rebel" : Black disability politics in the Black Panther Party -- Fighting psychiatric abuse : the BPP and the Black disability politics of mental and carceral institutions -- Praxis interlude one : anti-ableist approaches to fighting disabling violence -- Empowerment through wellness : Black disability politics in the National Black Women's Health Project -- More than just prevention : the NBWHP and the Black disability politics of HIV/AIDS -- Praxis interlude two: Approaches to disability identity in Black disability politics -- Black disability politics now.

"In Black Disability Politics Sami Schalk explores how issues of disability, broadly construed, have been and continue to be incorporated into Black activism, from the 1970s to the present. In so doing, she establishes a new lineage for disability politics, one that allows the work of contemporary Black disability justice activists to be central. Aiming to speak to both academic and activist audiences, Black Disability Politics identifies common qualities of Black disability politics and provides praxis-based approaches for enacting these politics in contemporary social justice work. Using the archives of the Black Panther Party and the National Black Women's Health Project alongside interviews with contemporary Black disabled cultural workers, Schalk argues that the work of Black disability politics not only exist, but are essential to the future of Black liberation movements"--