A review by natalie_is_reading
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

4.0

4.5 - wow. this was powerful. Reading about the sit in in particular, I could feel it in my chest. I was able to relate to it, the songs and the circle and the security and the confused staff, but this sit in was 10 times more powerful than anything I’ve done - they kept pushing, didn’t settle or allow themselves to be swayed, and they created change. Over the years I’ve been frustrated and burnt out with activism and politics but this reminded me what it’s all about. I knew very little about disability civil rights before reading this, and it’s something we should know about.