Remembering Hale Zukas: Disability Rights Icon. Then, The Abolitionists Journal

Published: Dec. 1, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'Part 1. Remembering Disability Rights Icon Hale Zukas. \\nHale Zukas was a member of the Rolling Quads at the University of California, Berkeley, and a founder of the first\\xa0Center for Independent Living\\xa0(CIL) in Berkeley. He was active in working for accessible streets and public transit, and in the creation of the\\xa0Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.\\nGuest: Judith E. Heumann is an International Disability Rights Advocate. She is the author of Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist. She co-founded the Center for Independent Living in Berkeley California and the World Institute on Disability in Oakland California.\\n\\xa0\\nPart 2. The Abolitionist\\u2019s Journal: Memories of an American Antislavery Family\\nGuest: James D. Richardson\\xa0is a former senior writer with\\xa0The Sacramento Bee\\xa0and a retired Episcopal priest. He is the author of\\xa0Willie Brown: A Biography.\\n\\nFeature Photo: Center for Independent Living, Inc. \\u201cIn Loving Memory of Hale Zukas\\u201d\\nThe post Remembering Hale Zukas: Disability Rights Icon. Then, The Abolitionist\\u2019s Journal appeared first on KPFA.'