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Series ISBN: 978-1-4222-3501-0 Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4222-3504-1 ebook ISBN: 978-1-4222-8377-6

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Picture credits: 10, World History Archive/Newscom; 17, Wikimedia Creative Commons; 18, Wikimedia Creative Commons; 26, Terry Schmitt/UPI/Newscom; 38, Jeff Malet Photography/ Newscom; 43, Wikimedia Creative Commons Front cover: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Newscom: Equality flag unfurled in front of the Supreme Court in June 2015 just before the landmark marriage equality decision was announced.