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L&Q Ability: overcoming the barriers for people with disabilities

Charitable housing association L&Q is at the forefront of disability recognition

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DuBois, William Edward Burghardt (1868–1963)

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(1906) W.E.B. DuBois, “Men of Niagara”

In 1906, one year after the Niagara Movement was founded, it held its second annual meeting at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. W.E.B. Du Bois, a founding member and its titular leader, gave the address below to the assembled civil rights

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(1963) Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream”

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon

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Jackson, Rev. Mance (1931-2007)

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Fairfax, Alfred (c.1843– c.1916)

Elected to the state House of Representatives in 1888, Alfred Fairfax was the first African American to serve in the Kansas legislature. A farmer and pastor, Fairfax represented the 58th District. During his single term in office (1889-1890), he served as chairman of the House Committee on

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City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co. (1989)

? APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 87-998. Argued October 5, 1988 Decided January 23, 1989 Appellant city adopted a Minority Business Utilization Plan (Plan) requiring prime contractors awarded city construction contracts to subcontract at least 30%

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Washington (State) Omnibus Civil Rights Act of 1957

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Missouri Ex Rel. Gaines v. Canada (1938)

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Nicomedes Santa Cruz: A Black Public Intellectual in Twentieth-Century Peru

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Thomas, Clarence (1948- )

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Bob Jones University v. United States (1983)

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(1970) Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, “I Am For the Equal Rights Amendment.”

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DePriest, Oscar (1871-1951)

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Martin Luther King

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Sullivan, Louis Wade (1933- )

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