Alan Holdsworth (born 1952 in Salford, stage name Johnny Crescendo) is a British musician and disability activist living in Philadelphia, United States.[1]
He participated in the 1990 and 1992 Block Telethon campaign while living in the United Kingdom.[2] In 2013, he founded the first Disability Pride event in the United States.[2]
The 2022 BBC Two docudrama Then Barbara Met Alan tells the story of Holdsworth and Barbara Lisicki and their work with the Disabled People's Direct Action Network.[3]
Holdsworth has been affected by polio and uses a wheelchair.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Alan Holdsworth". National Disability Arts Collection & Archive. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ a b Webster, Lucy (9 December 2022). "From the wheelchair-using Black Panther to the 'cripple suffragette' – 10 heroes of the disabled rights movement". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
- ^ "First look images released for BBC's Then Barbara Met Alan". Royal Television Society. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
- ^ "English Singer Songwriter Johnny Crescendo| Disabled Musician | Can Do Musos". www.candomusos.com. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
Further reading
edit- Delgado, Kasia (17 March 2022). "Then Barbara Met Alan: How to make activism work, from a duo who changed history for people with disabilities". inews.co.uk. Interview
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