My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
Bio: Bartlett Joshua Palmer, born in What Cheer, Iowa, was the son of Daniel David Palmer, the founder of chiropractic, and became known as the "Developer" of chiropractic.
