New York City – The Activist History Review

by Editorial Board November 4, 2019 0

October 2019

The Racialized History of Disability Activism from the “Willowbrooks of this World”[1]

Their stories enrich and expand our understanding of both disability and civil rights activism—not as an afterthought or appendage, but as integral to both.

by Andreas Meyris November 27, 2017 1

November 2017

Who Remembers Francis Galatis?: Police Brutality, Post-War New York, and a Movement Unrealized

Officer John Brullman’s conviction for violating Francis Galatis’s civil rights was the high water mark of years of activism against police brutality. But it wasn’t really a victory, it was a right hand turn.