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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - March 2026

Published on Sun, 03/01/2026

"Screenshot from RetroReport film on the Disability Rights Movement shows the front of a column of disability rights marchers, including one holding a banner that reads We Shall Overcome"

March 2026 Inclusive History eNews

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - February 2026

Published on Sun, 02/01/2026

In a cartoon, a diverse group of eight adults by age, race and gender face the viewer. One man with a beard uses a wheelchair.

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

Featured activity this issue: Disability and Young Voters: Access, Legislation and Mobilizing Young Voters - A National Civic Learning Week Discussion

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - November-December 2025

Published on Fri, 10/31/2025

A thin older man with combed dark hair grips a chain link fence which he leans into and stares through intently.

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

Featured November-December Teaching Resource: New Topical Student Research Guides on Disability History from Emerging America and Keene State College. 

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - October 2025

Published on Tue, 09/30/2025

On the street during a march, a man in a cowboy hat and t-shirt using a wheelchair holds a sign reading "Cutting my bus cuts my independence"

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

Featured October Blog Post: Supporting Teachers to Teach Disability History with Confidence: Lessons from New Jersey by Nicole Hansen, Christa S. Bialka and Teresa G. Wojcik. 

 

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - August-September 2025

Published on Fri, 08/01/2025

A hand holds a card reading "Teach Disability History" in front of the steps of the U.S. Capitol site of the 1990 Capitol Crawl protest

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

Updated 09/08/2025

Featured August-September Blog Post: Brad Lomax: The Disabled Black Panther Who Fought for Section 504 by Saphire Murphy. 

 

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - May 2025

Published on Thu, 05/01/2025

A newspaper photograph shows dozens of members of the League of the Physically Handicapped in around a truck that they drove from New York to Washington to demand access to WPA jobs.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - April 2025

Published on Tue, 04/01/2025

Inaccessible curb, mid-20th century. A wheelchair is rolled right up to the edge.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

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Emerging America's Inclusive History News - March 2025

Published on Sat, 03/01/2025

A diverse group of ADAPT activist surround a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. The activists are young and old, black and white, ambulatory and wheelchair users. The group is gathered around the base of the statue, most of them are sitting around it in a clump. Other activists in the background are at the entrance of a building, showing the lack of accessibility to wheelchair users via the building's steps.

Inclusive History News

In this Issue:

  • News of the Field
  • Disability History News & Resources
  • Events @ Emerging America 
  • Other Events
  • Teaching Resources 
  • New at the Library of Congress 

 

March featured blog: "Completely Healthy Children:" The Persistence of Disabled Children and Their Allies During Aktion T4 and the Holocaust - by Wyatt Edwards

 

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