The fight for the right to vote in the United States
Rightfully Hers: Why Did Women Fight for the Vote?
Many suffragists argued that the right to vote should be universal and that it was unjust to bar American women from the polls.
Fighting for the Right to Vote: Voting Rights Act of 1965 | US History
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Women of Color and the Fight for Women's Suffrage | CCSWG
Women of color were often kept from the polls through a variety of tactics. They faced racial and ethnic discrimination and were often discouraged from voting ...
Between Two Worlds: Black Women and the Fight for Voting Rights
Black women played an active role in the struggle for universal suffrage. They participated in political meetings and organized political societies.
The Fight to Vote | Brennan Center for Justice
Brennan Center president Michael Waldman's “The Fight to Vote” is the first to trace the full story of voting rights in America, from the Founders' debates to ...
Voting Rights | League of Women Voters
Voting is a fundamental principle, and all Americans deserve the equal opportunity to make their voices heard in our democracy. We are dedicated to using ...
The Fight to Vote eBook by Michael Waldman - Simon & Schuster
Praised by the late John Lewis, this is the seminal book about the long and ongoing struggle to win voting rights for all citizens.
Voting rights laws and constitutional amendments | USAGov
U.S. election laws date back to Article 1 of the Constitution. This gave states the responsibility of overseeing federal elections. Many ...
Voting Rights | American Civil Liberties Union
Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest. The ACLU works to protect and expand Americansʼ ...
The History of U.S. Voting Rights | Things Explained - YouTube
Who can vote today looked a lot different from those who could vote when the United States was first founded. This video covers the history ...
Module 13: Voting Rights in America | Constitution Center
These amendments have protected the voting rights of new groups, including by banning discrimination at the ballot box based on race (15th Amendment) and sex ( ...
Winning the Vote: A History of Voting Rights
Catholics were barred from voting in five colonies and Jews in four. The right to vote varied widely in colonial America. In frontier areas, seventy to eighty ...
Voting and election laws | USAGov
Learn how campaign contribution limits, accessibility rules, and other federal election laws help protect your voting rights and the election process.
The Fight to Vote — It's at the Heart of American History
Politics may be messy, but, as the Brennan Center's Michael Waldman argues, the struggle for the right to vote is never over.
Fighting Voter Suppression | League of Women Voters
We protect every American's right to vote, challenging those who seek to restrict Black, brown, female, disabled, and other Americans from making their ...
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 ...
Women's suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia
Women's suffrage, or the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in ...
Women's Suffrage ‑ The U.S. Movement, Leaders & 19th Amendment
The women's suffrage movement was a decades‑long fight to win the right to vote for women in the United States. On August 26, 1920, the 19th ...
The Enduring Work of Protecting Voting Rights: 59 Years and ...
The Justice Department once described the Voting Rights Act (VRA) as the most effective piece of civil rights legislation ever enacted.
Strengthening the Voting Rights Act | Brennan Center for Justice
Congress must pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act to strengthen this essential law and restore its core protections.