News
Protections of the Voting Rights Act are under threat as the law marks its 60th anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 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.
We cannot deny our ugly history with racial discrimination in this country, especially as it pertains to access to the ...
On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...
The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark ...
As voting rights lose ground, The 19th spoke with four of the advocates working to preserve the path to the ballot for the ...
In public appearances across Boston this week, the Texas Democrats warned that the GOP-led effort to effectively erase five ...
On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most consequential victories in ...
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, Eddie Glaude reflects on Way Too Early on the irony of still debating who ...
An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been ...
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results
Feedback