The Voting Rights Act beyond the Headlines

Why America Needs the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act

Over the last decade, the Supreme Court has gutted the federal Voting Rights Act and drastically weakened its once-successful protections ...

The Senate Passes the Voting Rights Act

The long-delayed issue of voting rights had come to the forefront because of a voter registration drive launched by civil rights activists in Selma, Alabama.

How challenges to the Voting Rights Act could reshape the political ...

Legal challenges surrounding voting rights in multiple states could alter the nation's political landscape ahead of the 2024 elections.

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 ...

The Fight for Voting Rights: How the Past Informs the Current ...

For decades, Black voters fought for equal access to the ballot. Today, that access is still under attack.

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 ...

The Protection of Voting Rights Requires State Action

To help restore and bolster voter protections, it is critical that Congress pass the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights ...

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.

Beyond the Voting Rights Act - De Gruyter

His campaign's platform demands included calls to end barriers to voter registration and for reform of primary election rules within the Democratic Party that ...

Why State and Federal Voting Rights Legislation Go Hand-in-Hand

State lawmakers are stepping into the void to ensure the right to vote remains meaningful in the United States by enacting state versions of the federal law.

Black voting rights and voter suppression: A timeline - CNN

A timeline of new and old efforts to limit the political power of Black Americans and other voters of color.

American Democracy Is Only 55 Years Old—And Hanging by a Thread

But the local paper made things plain and simple: “President Signs Voting Law Declaring That Negroes Free.” The VRA was historic legislation, ...

Voices from the violent civil rights era see attacks on voting rights as ...

... the Voting Rights Act in states and counties with a history of voter suppression. In the Thursday decision, a majority of the court ruled in ...

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.

So Far Away from 1965 – AHA - American Historical Association

With Lyndon Johnson in the White House, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), whereby the federal government committed to ...

History of Voting - Flagler County Supervisor of Elections

1870. African Americans were given the right to vote in the 15th Amendment. It prohibited any state or local government from denying that right. 1890.

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 ...

African American Voting Rights - Library of Congress

How did African Americans reaffirm and protect their constitutional right to vote? The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution (1868) granted African Americans ...

Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act - Democracy Docket

Learn about Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, why it's so important and what was at stake in the U.S Supreme Court case Allen v. Milligan.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 at 50: How It Changed the World | TIME

The landmark civil rights legislation was signed on Aug. 6, 1965—but that's just the beginning of the story.