Statement on Final Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act

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c021_002_006_007_tr

Transcription (Scripto)

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Extent (Dublin Core)

5 Pages

File Name (Dublin Core)

c021_002_006_007

Title (Dublin Core)

Statement on Final Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Description (Dublin Core)

Statement by Senator Bob Dole in celebration of the Final Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This speech references Nelson Mandela's challenging apartheid in South Africa, the fall of the Berlin Wall in East Germany, and Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches fighting for equality. Dole sees the passing of the ADA as an extension of these struggles towards equality.

Date (Dublin Core)

1990-06-27

Date Created (Dublin Core)

1990-06-27

Congress (Dublin Core)

101st (1989-1991)

Topics (Dublin Core)

See all items with this valueDisabilities

See all items with this valuePeople with disabilities

See all items with this valueMentally ill

See all items with this valueCerebral palsy

Policy Area (Curation)

Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues

Creator (Dublin Core)

Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021

Record Type (Dublin Core)

speech (document)

Names (Dublin Core)

See all items with this valueUnited States. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

See all items with this valueUnited States. Civil Rights Act of 1964

Rights (Dublin Core)

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Language (Dublin Core)

eng

Collection Finding Aid (Dublin Core)

https://dolearchivecollections.ku.edu/?p=collections/findingaid&id=54&q=

Physical Location (Dublin Core)

Collection 021, Box 2, Folder 6

Institution (Dublin Core)

Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Archival Collection (Dublin Core)

Alec Vachon Papers, 1969-2006