ADAWatch : photos : MLK, Disability Rights and the Road To Freedom : JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI Christy Dunaway, Executive Director of Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE) and these supporters were among those who braved the cold and rain to welcome the Road To Freedom bus at the State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi.- powered by SmugMug

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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 http://www.roadtofreedom.org

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ADAWatch > SCLC ON THE ROAD TO FREEDOM AT NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS MUSEUM

Dr. Dwight Montgomery, president of the Memphis Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) with Carol Westlake, executive director of the Tennessee Disability Coalition, Jim Ward of ADA Watch, and Sharon Mount of the Tennessee Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Dr. Montgomery voiced support for the goals of the Road To Freedom campaign and for passage of the ADA Restoration Act.

ADAWatch > TENNESSEE CONGRESSMAN STEVE COHEN

Tennessee Congressman Steve Cohen, shown here with Jim Ward viewing the traveling disability history exhibit, joined the Road To Freedom event at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis.

ADAWatch > DR. PERCIL STANDFORD AT AARP

AARP's Chief Diversity Officer, Dr. Percil Standford welcomed the Road To Freedom bus and crew to AARP's national headquarters in Washington, DC. AARP is a major sponsor of the Road To Freedom bus tour and traveling exhibit.

ADAWatch > LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) joined members of the disability community in welcoming the Road To Freedom bus to Washington, DC. The panel discussion was held at AARP where CEO Bill Novelli was the keynote speaker.

ADAWatch > MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CENTER FOR NONVIOLENT SOCIAL CHANGE

The Road To Freedom bus stopped at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change where the crew toured the center with local residents.

ADAWatch > SENATOR TOM HARKIN SIGNS ADA PETITION

Senator Tom Harkin, at the Road To Freedom event in Des Moines, Iowa where he was the keynote speaker, signs ADA Watch's petition urging Congress to pass the ADA Restoration Act. ADA Watch's Jim Ward, shown here, joined Sen. Harkin, other members of Congress, and other disability leaders in Washington, DC on July 26th as they introduced the ADA Restoration Act of 2007.

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

Christy Dunaway, Executive Director of Living Independence for Everyone (LIFE) and these supporters were among those who braved the cold and rain to welcome the Road To Freedom bus at the State Capitol in Jackson, Mississippi.