Britney Wilson

Honored to have my article “Predisposed: Race, Disability, and Death Investigations” reviewed on JOTWELL! Huge thank you to @myrishaslewis.bsky.social!

In situating Black disabled people in our rightful place on the storied road to Brown, I challenge what I call the Black civil rights-disability rights binary, i.e. the characterization of “Black civil rights” and “disability rights” as separate and chronological movements.

I argue that this characterization has complicated intersectional social justice work in ways that persist today.

My article uses historical documents to tell the story of the Black disabled plaintiffs in the cases leading up to Brown and in Brown itself as well as the Black attorneys who represented them.

Most discussion of disability in the context of Brown v. Board of Education concerns Brown as a precedent for the disability rights movement that is often said to have applied the principles of Brown to people with disabilities.

scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/crsj/vol32/i... My article “The Disability History of Brown v. Board of Education” has officially been published in the Washington & Lee Journal of Civil Rights & Social Justice.

Thank you! It has been way too long since we’ve gotten to catch up. Hopefully soon! Hope all is well!

Thanks so much, Margaret!

Predisposed: Race, Disability, and Death Investigations - UCLA Law Review Abstract Disability, preexisting conditions, or underlying conditions might seem like uncontroversial factors to cite when determining an individual’s cause of death. However, many death investigators...

I finally have a reason to use my Bluesky account! My article “Predisposed: Race, Disability, and Death Investigations” has officially been published in the UCLA Law Review! www.uclalawreview.org/predisposed-...

Thanks! Consider this my first official Bluesky post lol

Britney is on here @labelleverite.bsky.social follow her!