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Childhood and background as son of a Baptist minister; onset of polio, 1953; special education classes in grammar school; avoiding disability politics at Occidental College, 1967-70; living independently, 1969; beginnings of advocacy and connection with polio survivors' group; growing militancy around race, the Vietnam war, and disability rights, 1968; assistance services and personal assistants; graduate school in history; involvement with early disability studies program at USC.

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Title
Paul Longmore, Disability scholar and activist, historian of early America; interviews conducted by Ann Lage in 2006
Creator
interviewee., Longmore, Paul K.,
interviewer., Lage, Ann,
issuing body., Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office,
Published
Berkeley, California, Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, 2006.
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Full Collection Name
California Audiovisual Preservation Project
Other Identifiers
cabeuroh_000285
Subject (Person)
Longmore, Paul K. Interviews.
Subject (Topic)
People with disabilities United States -- Interviews.
Poliomyelitis United States.
People with disabilities Political activity -- United States.
Disability studies United States.
Sociology of disability United States.
Personnes handicapées États-Unis -- Entretiens.
Poliomyélite États-Unis.
Personnes handicapées Activité politique -- États-Unis.
Études sur le handicap États-Unis.
Handicap Aspect sociologique. -- États-Unis
Type
Video
Format
Oral histories.
Archive
The Library
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