"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights expert told Newsweek.

Native American tribes in North Dakota challenged a state legislative map they said dilutes their voting power. An appeals ...

Georgia County Debacle Shows Why We Need a Voting-Rights Act With TeethIt took an army of lawyers, activists, journalists, and citizens to provide the scrutiny the Voting Rights Act of 1965 used ...

Locally, the renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the topic of discussion at the 13th annual Judge Theodore McMillian Black History Month Dinner held recently at the Renaissance Grand Hotel.

The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was introduced last week by more than 200 House Democrats ahead of the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. On March 7, 1965, voting rights marchers walked ...

Nicole Austin-Hillery and Hans von Spakovsky talked about the origin of the Voting Rights Act, which President Johnson signed the act into law on August 6, 1965, and state voter identification laws.

The Voting Rights Act’s origins were in the 15 th Amendment’s ratification in 1870. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States ...

The past and present collide today, August 6, with the 56th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The landmark legislation, signed into law by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson, served to ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law on August 6, 1965. The legislation served to protect and enforce the 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution.

This week, America celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most successful civil rights laws in this country's history.

Within two years, Congress passed and President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, creating an extraordinary solution to Southern discrimination that consigned some states and ...

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