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This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of ...
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a law aimed at ...
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.
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did more than nearly any other piece of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...
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 ...
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...
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 ...