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Defining Disability Rights

One of the most famous photos of the disability rights movement was taken on July 25, 1993, during the second annual march in New York City by Tari Hartman Squire.

From left to right, activists Marca Bristo, Paul Steven Miller, Judy Heumann, Phyllis Rubenfeld, an unknown person, and Justin Dart walk and roll together. Yoshiko Dart (Justin’s widow) and Kyoko Okubo Yamazaki (proud member of the Darts’ “Lifequality Empowerment Training program”) are behind them, holding a banner with a quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Six disability rights activists stand side by side in NYC, holding a large banner featuring a Martin Luther King Jr. quote about justice.

Date: Jul 25, 1993

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