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  • A woman in a wheelchair is lowered from a van with a mechanical lift (AP Images)

    The Americans with Disabilities Act, which turns 20, prohibits discrimination in employment, public and commercial facilities, and services such as transportation.

  • Men in wheelchairs play basketball (AP Images)

    This photo gallery highlights accomplishments of people with disabilities. The ADA requires facilities such as theaters, schools and sports arenas to be accessible.

  • Five women dancers performing onstage

    Urban Bush Women, a New York dance ensemble, recently visited Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil as part of an innovative cultural-exchange program.

  • Joyce Kozloff's Dark and Light Continents is one of the artworks on display at the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, that explore such themes as ritual, identity and spirituality.

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Obama Reaches Out to Africa

Living With Purpose

  • Close-up of Dorothy Height in 1974 (AP Images)
    Civil Rights Activist

    Dorothy Height played an active role in most major 20th-century reform movements for blacks and women and headed the National Council of Negro Women for over two decades.

Highlighting Muslim Diversity

Photo Contest

  • Banner with text: Global Photo Contest, Deadline July 28th, Deocracy, Your Voice, Your Photo

Soccer for a Better Future

  • 2010 World Cup official ball (AP Images)

    The film Goal! Soccer for a Better Future tells how six groups use athletics to engage and empower disadvantaged youth in Brazil, South Africa and the United States.

On the Record

Quote BeginningHuman diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.End Quote

Rene Dubos, microbiologist, environmentalist and author

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