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Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a law aimed at ...
This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.
The conservative court has subjected the law to death by a thousand cuts over the years — and now is poised to kill it completely on its 60th birthday.
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did more than nearly any other piece of ...
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
Provisions in the Voting Rights Act were set to expire initially after five years but were later renewed a total of five ...
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 ...
The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark ...
Gary May talks about the city of Selma, Alabama and its role in the 1965 voting rights fight for African Americans. He also spoke about the movie [Selma] and some of the historical inaccuracies in ...
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.
Pennsylvania voters have already demonstrated they want policies that will make it easier and more accessible for eligible ...