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MLK, Disability Rights and the Road To Freedom : In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King III, the photo gallery below features Road To Freedom bus stop events highlighting our partnership with civil rights leaders and organizations. Building coalition and promoting passage of the ADA Restoration Act, the Road To Freedom is a cross-country bus tour and traveling exhibit that is still on the road after being launched from Washington, DC on November 15, 2006. 

The Road To Freedom bus was named after the classic book by Harriet Tubman, who fought slavery as a great "conductor" on the Underground Railroad.  During a ten-year span she made 19 trips into the South and escorted more than 300 slaves to freedom. Tubman herself was a person with a disability, acuiring epilepsy as a result of a severe head injury inflicted by an irate slave overseer. 

For more information, go to www.roadtofreedom.org

MLK, Disability Rights and the Road To Freedom

Freedom Bus Tour Highlights : The Road To Freedom traveling exhibit and awareness campaign is an ongoing, cross-country bus tour produced by ADA Watch and the National Coalition for Disability Rights (NCDR). Advance work for the tour is in partnership with the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). The educational tour promotes an understanding of disability rights history and the "people's movement" that led to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). In response to the weakening of the ADA in the courts, a separate advocacy component of the tour promotes disability rights as essential civil rights, engages the disability community in the judicial selection process and calls on Congress to pass the ADA Restoration Act.  To read the our blog, go to www.roadtofreedom.wordpress.com and for additional information, go to www.roadtofreedom.org. SPONSORS OF THE ROAD TO FREEDOM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS INCLUDE:The Open Society Institute, IndependenceFirst, AARP, AOL, Ted Leonsis Foundation, Bruce Hornsby, Sweet Honey In The Rock, Dircks & Associates, Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center, Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation, Arizona Bridge to Independent Living, National Disability Rights Network, Democracy In Action, Embassy of Croatia, and more. [Photos by Tom Olin]

Freedom Bus Tour Highlights

Brown v. Board of Education Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas : On August 1, 2007 the Road To Freedom bus was greeted by local disability rights advocates and the media at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas. The news conference, exhibit and reception were all hosted by the Topeka Independent Living Resource Center (TILRC).  [Photos by Tom Olin]

Brown v. Board of Education Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas

Missouri History Museum in St. Louis : On July 28th, 2007, The Road To Freedom bus stop and traveling exhibit was at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis. This event was sponsored and produced by Paraquad and attracted hundreds of participants to see the bus, the exhibit and listen to a panel discussion on keeping the promise of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). [Photos by Tom Olin]

Missouri History Museum in St. Louis

Disability Pride Parade :

Disability Pride Parade

Updated: Aug 28, 2007 10:31pm CEST

Access Living in Chicago : The Road To Freedom stopped at Access Living in Chicago on July 23, 2007. Marca Bristo, President and CEO of Access Living welcomed a large audience for a program that included disability rights attorney, Gerard Quinn from Ireland, John Vaughn, Chairperson of the National Council on Disability, City Commissioner Karen Tamley of the Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities, and ADA Watch 's president, Jim Ward.

Access Living in Chicago

Access Chicago Exhibition :

Access Chicago Exhibition

Freedom Bus in Sioux Falls, SD : On August 5th, the Road To Freedom bus stopped at the Empire Mall in Sioux Falls and were greeted by Mayor Dave Munson and bus stop coordinators, Ryan Green of the state Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) and Shelly Pfaff of the South Dakota Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities.

Freedom Bus in Sioux Falls, SD

Independence Day at Mount Rushmore :

Independence Day at Mount Rushmore

Sacramento, California :

Sacramento, California

Seattle University School of Law :

Seattle University School of Law

Santa Fe, New Mexico :

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Portland, Oregon :

Portland, Oregon

Salem, Oregon :

Salem, Oregon

Eugene, Oregon : The Road To Freedom bus tour received a very warm welcome in Eugene, Oregon on May 8th. Special guests included professional golfer Casey Martin who successfully took his ADA case against the PGA to the Supreme Court. From dignitaries including the County Commissioner and the Mayors of Eugene and Springfield to a dynamic drumming band, jugglers and comedians, the day was a memorable one for all involved!       - Photos by Tom Olin -

Eugene, Oregon

San Jose State University :

San Jose State University

Fresno, California :

Fresno, California

Los Angeles, California :

Los Angeles, California

San Diego, California :

San Diego, California

Phoenix, Arizona :

Phoenix, Arizona

March for Respect in Dallas, Texas :

March for Respect in Dallas, Texas

Updated: Aug 28, 2007 8:58am CEST

Clinton Presidential Library Little Rock, Arkansas :

Clinton Presidential Library Little Rock, Arkansas

Disability History Campaign in Boise :

Disability History Campaign in Boise

Southern Poverty Law Center :

Southern Poverty Law Center

Darius Goes West Premiere in Athens, Georgia :

Darius Goes West Premiere in Athens, Georgia

SILC Congress in New Orleans :

SILC Congress in New Orleans

Louisiana DD Council in Baton Rouge, LA :

Louisiana DD Council in Baton Rouge, LA

Montgomery, Alabama :

Montgomery, Alabama

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website graphics

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