I've Come a Long Way - Beverly Rackley on Advocacy

I've Come a Long Way - Beverly Rackley on Advocacy

Advocacy

Family

Education

Self-Advocacy

Beverly Rackley's mother said, "You can take those papers and tear them up, or I will tear them up in front of you." In this video, Beverly shares stories of her mother's advocacy on her behalf during her childhood, and discusses how, over the years, Beverly has become a strong advocate for herself and others. Her mother had been repeatedly presented with papers by Riley Hospital, to sign over her young daughter’s care to Muscatatuck State School. She refused. When the seven year old needed to start school in Indianapolis in the late 1960s, she and her husband had to fight the school board to allow Beverly to ride the bus. Beverly was interviewed in Indianapolis on December 8, 2014.

Indiana Disability History Project

Center on Aging and Community, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

2014-12-08

Beverly Rackley - Interviewee

Jane Harlan-Simmons - Interviewer

Peggy Holtz - Videographer / Editor

Copyright © 2016 The Trustees of Indiana University

video/mp4

English

Oral History

Moving Image

033-mi

Open to all users

"Beverly Rackley - 'I've Come a Long Way'" YouTube video, 00:08:37, from an interview by the Indiana Disability History Project on December 8, 2014, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on August 31, 2016, https://youtu.be/3-yFcre9sS8

Indiana, Marion County, Indianapolis

1960-1980