The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark law enacted to enforce voting protections enshrined in the US Constitution and eliminate longstanding obstacles to voter participation. Now, the Supreme ...

Voting rights cases will come before the Supreme Court in this term with added attention and potential dread. Louisiana v.

Since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law in 1965, African Americans have been allowed to vote in elections for the past 60 years. After an oral argument in the Supreme Court that’s disputing a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 1965, Congress passed landmark civil rights legislation to stop racial discrimination in voting; part of the law could be in ...

Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: Voting Rights and Protest; 1. Black Voters and the Federal Voting Rights Enforcement Effort ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the ratification of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — one of the most consequential laws in the nation’s history. Signed after the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, ...

The future of Black political representation is now at the mercy of the high court. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is one of the most important laws of our lifetime. The landmark civil rights law ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For decades, the faces of American politics have grown more diverse by nearly every measure, especially as racial minority communities gained political representation after longtime ...

For decades, conservatives have worked to rollback the civil and voting rights that Martin Luther King Jr. upheld ...

Commentary: Chief Justice John Roberts has tried for years to weaken the Voting Rights Act. With a coming Supreme Court ...

“Free and fair elections are one of the last bright lines left in our democracy, and passing the Vermont Voting Rights Act will protect that line for every Vermont voter,” said Senate Majority Leader ...