Al Tolbert - Veterans Service Organizations

Al Tolbert - Veterans Service Organizations

Veterans

Advocacy

Paralyzed Hoosier Veterans

Disability Rights Movement

"I was in a hospital before I was discharged. Nobody told me about unemployment. Nobody told me about what we'd face in life in a wheelchair," recounts Al Tolbert in this video interview excerpt. "I think we're doing a better job than we did after Vietnam. But we still have a long way to go." When Al was interviewed in 2009 about his involvement with veterans service organizations, he was president of Paralyzed Hoosier Veterans and was serving as executive director of Southern Indiana Center for Independent Living. He was past national director of Paralyzed Veterans of America. Al, a Vietnam veteran, had been a paraplegic since 1971, when he was in an accident during military service.

Indiana Disability History Project

Center for Health Equity at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community and Indiana Governor's Council for People with Disabilities

2009-11-16

Al Tolbert - interviewee

Philip Stafford - interviewer

Peggy Holtz - videographer/editor

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video/mp4

English

Moving Image

065-mi-01

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"Al Tolbert - Veterans Service Organizations" YouTube video, 00:05:28, interview excerpt 065-mi-01 by the Indiana Disability History Project, posted by "Indiana Disability History" on May 30, 2017, https://youtu.be/16OIheWK9p8

Indiana

District of Columbia, Washington

1971-2009