Author Archives: Cailin Cullen

Wheelchair Athletes’ 1962 Tour of South Africa and Rhodesia

By Cailin Cullen | Published: June 29, 2016

Cailin Cullen is a student in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science and is currently completing a practicum at the Student Life and Culture Archives. On June 11, 1962, a group of seventeen wheelchair athletes gathered at the University of Illinois for an orientation regarding their upcoming trip to Africa. For three full days, thirteen men […]

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