Digital Learning Commons: Social Change: Legislation & Court Cases

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Article from the VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Project.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Encyclopedia article from World Book Student.

Marriage Equality

Four Cases That Paved The Way for Marriage Equality and a Reminder of the Work Ahead
Over the past few decades, brave LGBTQ plaintiffs from around the nation have stood up for their rights by asking the Supreme Court affirm their fundamental liberties.
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McBride, Brian. “Four Cases That Paved The Way for Marriage Equality.” Human Rights Campaign, 26 June 2017, www.hrc.org/blog/four-cases-that-paved-the-way-for-marriage-equality-and-a-reminder-of-the-w.
Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide
In a long-sought victory for the gay rights movement, the Supreme Court ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.
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Liptak, Adam. “Supreme Court Ruling Makes Same-Sex Marriage a Right Nationwide.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 26 June 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/supreme-court-same-sex-marriage.html.
The Curious Connections between Marriage Equality and HIV/AIDS
The HIV/AIDS epidemic and the success of the battle for marriage equality have been, over the past thirty-five years, the two events that have most affected LGBT lives.
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Bronski, Michael. “The Curious Connections between Marriage Equality and HIV/AIDS.” Notches, 14 June 2016, notchesblog.com/2016/06/14/the-curious-connections-between-marriage-equality-and-hivaids/.

Equal Rights Amendment

Equal Rights Amendment
Encyclopedia article from World Book Student.
Letter from Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supporting the Equal Rights Amendment
1971 letter to Congressman Don Edwards from Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Encyclopedia article from World Book Student.
The Need for the Equal Rights Amendment
1973 article by Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the American Bar Association Journal.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Disability Rights & Universal Design
Article from the VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Project.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Encyclopedia article from World Book Student.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Article 1: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Research Guide from the UN Dag Hammarskjold Library in New York
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Full-text from the United Nations website.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Research guide by the United Nations Library in Geneva.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Encyclopedia article from World Book Student.