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Curb cuts (1)

Curb cuts (1)

Disability rights activists, several using wheelchairs, installing a makeshift asphalt curb ramp during a protest outside the Brooklyn Public Library.

Date: c. 1970s

Image Description: A color photograph of disability rights activists building a makeshift curb ramp with asphalt and plywood at a sidewalk curb outside the Brooklyn Public Library. In the center, a person in a white t-shirt and jeans bends over to tamp down fresh black asphalt at the curb’s edge, surrounded by several wheelchair users, a photographer kneeling on the right, and an older man standing near a red van on the left. Protesters in the background hold yellow signs with black lettering that read “EQUAL ACCESS MEANS CURB CUTS!” and “LAW REQUIRES CURB CUTS!”, alongside another sign reading “NO MORE EXCUSES!”

Source: Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Association (EPVA) Collection

Disability rights activists, several using wheelchairs, installing a makeshift asphalt curb ramp during a protest outside the Brooklyn Public Library.

This item is part of "Walking" in "Transportation access"