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Camp Jened was a summer camp for disabled people in the state of New York that became a springboard for the disability rights movement and independent living movement in the United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Many campers and counselors (known as "Jenedians") [ 2 ] became disability rights activists , such as Judith Heumann , [ 3 ] James LeBrecht , [ 4 ...
Sag Harbor Hills, Azurest, and Ninevah Beach Subdivisions Historic District (SANS) is an African American beachfront community in Sag Harbor, New York. [2] Founded following World War II, the SANS community served primarily as a summer retreat for middle-class African American families during the post-WWII and Jim Crow era.
Camp Rising Sun is an international, full-scholarship, leadership summer program for students aged 14–16 by the Louis August Jonas Foundation (LAJF), a non-profit organization. Its seven-week program was operated from a boys' facility in Red Hook, New York , and a separate girls' facility in Clinton, New York , about 90 miles (140 km) north ...
John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture: Tallahassee: Florida: 1996 [89] Josephine School Community Museum: Berryville: Virginia: 2003 [90] Kansas African-American Museum Wichita: Kansas: 1997 [91] L.E. Coleman African-American Museum Halifax County, Virginia: Virginia: 2005 [92] LaVilla Museum: Jacksonville: Florida ...
Museum for African Art: Established: September 1984 () Location: 1280 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029 U.S. Coordinates: Public transit access: New York City Subway: 110th Street Central Park North–110th Street; New York City Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M106 buses: Website
The Springfield and Central Illinois African American History Museum is starting the search for their next executive director, following first director Nalo Mitchell’s resignation from the ...
The Shaker Village Work Group was a recreational summer camp and teen educational program that occupied historic Shaker land and buildings in New Lebanon, New York.The property was purchased by founders Jerome (Jerry) and Sybil A. Count from the Mount Lebanon Shaker Village community in 1946, and was opened to its first group of young "villagers" as the Shaker Village Work Camp in 1947.
A version of this story about “Crip Camp” first appeared in the Documentaries issue of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine. One of the documentaries that opened the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, “Crip ...