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Fifty-Seven Years After its Enactment, the Voting Rights Act is in Peril

On this anniversary of the VRA, the fight to secure the right to vote faces its greatest battles in over a generation.

Voting Rights Act (1965) | National Archives

This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states ...

S.2747 - Freedom to Vote Act 117th Congress (2021-2022)

Summary of S.2747 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): Freedom to Vote Act.

Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed ...

An Unintended Legacy of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Senate.gov

Following a ceremony in the Rotunda, the president, congressional leaders, Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, and others crowded into the President's Room ...

16 States Made It Harder To Vote This Year. But 26 Made It Easier.

Two years ago, the biggest battles in state legislatures were over voting rights. Democrats loudly — and sometimes literally — protested as ...

Voting Rights Act of 1965 | NAACP

One of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965 by President Lyndon B.

Voting Rights

Fighting for the democracy we all deserve by securing the right to vote and dismantling barriers to the ballot box.

Voting Rights Act | Definition, History, & Facts - Britannica

Voting Rights Act is a piece of U.S. legislation (1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans ...

The Civil Rights Division Marks the 57th Anniversary of the Voting ...

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.

Voting Rights Act of 1965 | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and ...

August 6, 1965. Bob Fitch photography archive, © Stanford University Libraries. On 6 August 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act ...

Video - Signing of the Voting Rights Act - LBJ Library

LBJ Library video donated by CBS for research purposes only. Use/publish only with permission from CBS. Lbj On a fence Sepia ...

Governor Hochul Signs Legislative Package to Strengthen ...

Governor Kathy Hochul today signed a legislative package to strengthen democracy and protect voting rights in New York State.

How The Voting Rights Act Came To Be And How It's Changed - NPR

The most effective civil rights legislation in U.S. history has been upended by two recent Supreme Court decisions. States are moving to ...

Walz signs "Democracy for the People Act" allowing automatic voter ...

Minnesota's Democrat Gov. Tim Walz on Friday signed the "Democracy for the People Act" into law, a sweeping bill aimed at expanding access ...

Voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

Voting rights, specifically enfranchisement and disenfranchisement of different groups, have been a moral and political issue throughout United States ...

Bush signs Voting Rights Act extension - NBC News

President Bush on Thursday signed legislation extending for 25 years the Voting Rights Act, the historic 1965 law which opened polls to millions of black ...

The Lost Promise of the Voting Rights Act - The Atlantic

Fifty years after the act was signed into law, the story of its 1975 expansion stands in contrast with the act's dwindling bipartisan ...

VOTING RIGHTS ACT SIGNED BY REAGAN - The New York Times

President Reagan today signed into law an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in an East Room ceremony witnessed by many critics.

Voting Rights Act of 1965 ‑ Definition, Summary & Significance

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels.