Statement on Final Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act1990-06-27Dole, Robert J., 1923-2021http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/enghttp://congressarchives.org/record/c021_002_006_007Statement 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.