This article, from Disability Social History Project, discusses the importance of the Black Panthers to the disability rights movement. The largest and longest protest was held in San Francisco in 1977 at the federal building, which disability activists occupied for 26 days. Security tried to block anyone else from coming in the building after the protesters had occupied it, but the Black Panther party was able to get in and deliver food. Black Panther support for the protest stemmed from their philosophy of fighting oppression.
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