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The Voting Rights Act Marks Its 60th Anniversary as Its Core Provisions Are Being Eroded
Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The act protected the right to vote and ensured the government would fight efforts to suppress it,
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.
Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...
On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...
On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most consequential victories in ...
Six decades later, as key protections erode and courts revisit core provisions, civil rights groups, legal experts and organizers are fighting to protect this essential pillar of democracy.
The latest order from the Supreme Court reminds us that the court exercises significant control over its docket and is ...
DNC chair Ken Martin joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss Texas' redistricting effort as Gov. Abbott feuds with Democrats over the effort and his reaction to Sen. Warren embracing Zohran Mamdani.
Discover the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as it turns 60. Learn about the ongoing fight for voter rights and ...
An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been ...
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