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The Capitol Crawl, as it became known, made national headlines and pushed lawmakers to pass the ADA into law. When Bush finally signed the landmark bill, it was seen as one of the country’s most ...
One of the Capitol Crawl’s youngest participants was eight-year-old Jennifer Keelan, whose mother congratulated her when she reached the top. Photo by Tom Olin. Imagine climbing up 83 steps ...
Daniel Hodges is a Metropolitan Police Officer and a party to a new lawsuit against the Architect of the Capitol to compel ...
The Capitol Crawl In 1990, more than 1,000 disability activists came to Washington DC. When the group reached the US Capitol building’s stairs, hundreds of wheelchair users crawled up in protest.
Even though it's been 30 years since the anniversary of the Capitol Crawl protest, advocates are pushing for more regulation.
Photographer Nolan Trowe documented disability rights advocates at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in May. The protest was reminiscent of the Capitol Crawl in Washington in 1990. Veterans ...
Willis looked down at her bloody hands and knees after crawling for 22 hours on her way to the Texas Capitol to advocate for ...
Babbitt, a 36-year-old Air Force veteran, was shot by US Capitol Police officer Lt. Michael Byrd as she tried to crawl through a broken window to enter the Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6, 2021 as a ...
Three years ago, Times reporter Sarah D. Wire wrote about her experience inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, with the aid of surveillance footage recently made available by the House and ...
When the group reached the Capitol Building’s stairs, hundreds of activists pulled themselves out of their wheelchairs and began to crawl up in a dramatic and symbolic protest.
WASHINGTON — The mother of slain Jan. 6 rioter Ashli Babbitt was arrested in D.C. on Friday, on the two-year anniversary of the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol that resulted in her daughter ...