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The Voting Rights Act Marks Its 60th Anniversary as Its Core Provisions Are Being Eroded
Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The act protected the right to vote and ensured the government would fight efforts to suppress it,
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...
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The Trump DOJ is taking aim at illegal race-based gerrymandering and voter roll issues, Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet ...
We cannot deny our ugly history with racial discrimination in this country, especially as it pertains to access to the ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states. The law is under threat.
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...
As voting rights lose ground, The 19th spoke with four of the advocates working to preserve the path to the ballot for the ...
On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, key legal challenges threaten its future, raising alarm over voter access and civil rights ...
The Voting Rights Act was signed 60 years ago today. It was the culmination of a hard-fought campaign by civil rights activists in the South. Now, a Georgia Democrat in Congress is leading the push to ...
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