Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...

The act protected the right to vote and ensured the government would fight efforts to suppress it, especially those aimed ...

We cannot deny our ugly history with racial discrimination in this country, especially as it pertains to access to the ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states. The law is under threat.

The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act would update and reinforce safeguards in the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History are holders of some of the most iconic artifacts from the Civil Rights era, including the lunch ...

The Voting Rights Act led to sweeping change across the American South as discriminatory voting practices were dismantled and ...

It was August 6th, 1965, when president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, making it illegal to discriminate at ...

On the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement: “Sixty years ...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a law aimed at ...

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...