Welcome to
UNCG’s
Patient No More
What is
“patient no more”?
We welcome you to visit the traveling exhibit Patient No More in Greensboro to learn about a remarkable moment in U.S. history. In April 1977, more than 100 people with and without disabilities occupied the Federal Building in San Francisco for twenty-six days to secure civil rights for people with disabilities.
These advocates particularly wished for Health, Education, and Welfare Department’s Joseph Califano to sign off on the Rehabilitation Act’s Section 504 without any changes. This law essentially asserts that the federal government and those with federal monetary support cannot discriminate based on disability. The protest pushed lawmakers to act and launched a national disability rights movement.
The Patient No More exhibit itself was originally created by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability, and UNCG is thankful for the opportunity to add both programming and additional museum pieces to the experience.
Information
Location
The International Civil Rights Center and Museum
134 South Elm Street
Greensboro, NC 27401
Contact Info
The UNCG Patient No More Team at
uncgpnm@gmail.com
request a tour
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“Prejudice is a far greater problem than any impairment; discrimination is a bigger obstacle to overcome than any disability.”
Patient No More: People with Disabilities Securing Civil Rights is presented by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability at San Francisco State University, made possible with support from California Humanities, and traveled by Exhibit Envoy. Learn more about the exhibit and the history of the 504 protests at patientnomore.org.
about the exhibit and added components
Our mission
Diversifying History, Transforming Communities.
UNCG’s Patient No More aims to educate Triad residents of all abilities to better understand the history of disability rights activism within the frame of human rights.
Why “patient no more?”
While there is room for interpretation, the meaning of the exhibit’s title is twofold.
1. Individuals with disabilities were no longer medical patients but active participants in society.
2. Protesters no longer remained patient as they began to advocate.
what have we done?
Along with programming around the installation, UNCG’s 2020 Public History graduates crafted additional components to the Longmore Institute’s traveling exhibit. We did this with the intention of furthering exploration of disability history and activism, both on local and national levels. The added components are:
A timeline of national and North Carolina activism and historical events
Examinations of local perspectives through InFocus Advocacy photographs and resources
Panels and a video centered on occupying space as a form of protest
our hopes for the exhibit
The goals of Patient No More are to celebrate activism that changed the country, bring light to a history that deserves more attention, and inspire positive change in regards to accessibility within the Triad. We look forward to seeing you at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum after Patient No More opens to the public!
Let's Chat
Do you have questions or comments about UNCG’s Patient No More? We would love to hear from you! Please send us any feedback and we will reply to you as soon as possible.
We greatly value any input on our exhibit components. While we cannot speak for the permanent exhibit itself, we are responsible for the following content: the timeline, the InFocus Advocacy panels, and the Occupation of Space panels.