The Gang of 19

Forty years ago, a heroic ‘Gang of 19’ disabled protestors surrounded a city bus at the intersection of Colfax and Broadway. They were protesting their lack of access, as the buses were not handicapped accessible. None in the country were. The police didn’t know what to do. They arrested their able-bodied friends and care-takers. As my dad said in the paper, ‘How are we going to have a civil rights movement if we can’t even get arrested?’