Description: 

Features video of the ADAPT protest in Lansing Michigan in October 1995. Protesters visited Walden bookstores, demanding the removal of all books by Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich over his failure to champion the Community Attendant Services Act. Protesters also visited the mansion of the governor of Michigan, John Engler.

Topic: 
Advocacy, Social Welfare and Communities, Civil Liberties and Rights, Accessibility
Keywords: 
Advocacy groups, Civil rights, Disability rights, Protests
Persons: 
Gingrich, Newton Leroy, Engler, John
Places: 
Lansing (Mich.)
Organizations: 
ADAPT
Event Date: 
1995-10-01
Event Location: 
Lansing (Mich.)
Length: 
19:41
Type: 
Streaming
Identifier: 
20084941
Publisher: 
University of Texas at Arlington
Rights:
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Rights Holder:
University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
License:
Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

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