Schalk notes that every participant she interviewed mentioned that in order to understand the contemporary needs and politics of Black disabled individuals you needed to history of Black disabled political actors. It was mentioned by multiple participants that often Black disabled histories are not told and when disability is present it is often erased from the life stories of Black disabled activists like Harriet Tubman, Brad Lomax, Sojourner Truth and Fannie Lou Hamer. Understanding history was linked by interview participants to situating contemporary Black disabled political praxis in an activist legacy that allowed them to lay claim to power and leadership, and to learn from the past to create better policies and better change.