Jacobus tenBroek

Jacobus tenBroek (1911–1968) was an American disability rights activist, historian and political scientist.

Early life TenBroek was born in Alberta, Canada in 1911. He became partially blind at the age of 7 due to an accident with a bow and arrow. During his career, he published over fifty articles.

In 1934, he worked with a few others to organize the California Council of the Blind. After his death, his wife continued collecting papers for the collection, which is now housed at the Jacobus tenBroek Library within the Jernigan Institute. tenBroek, J., Barnhart, E.N., & Matson, F.W. (1958). Japanese American Evacuation and Resettlement Prejudice, War and the Constitution. University of California. tenBroek, J. (1959). Hope Deferred: Public Welfare and the Blind. tenBroek, J. (1964). California's Dual System of Family Law. tenBroek, J. (1965). Equal Under Law. Collier Books. tenBroek, J., Barnhart, E.N., & Matson, F.W. (1970). Prejudice, War and the Constitution: Causes and Consequences of the Evacuation of the Japanese Americans in World War II. University of California Press.

Articles tenBroek, J. (1966). The Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts. California Law Review: 54(2).