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The conservative court has subjected the law to death by a thousand cuts over the years — and now is poised to kill it ...
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.
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark ...
The Voting Rights Act, passed in 1965, represents a key victory for Civil Rights advocates. It was passed to address racial ...
Larry Hamm and former Assemblyman Craig Stanley called for passage of state bills to counter what they view as voter ...
Sixty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. This year marks the 60th ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited racial discrimination in voting in America, was passed 60 years ago this year.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is under threat as Republicans redraw electoral districts. Dr. John E. Warren urges participation and voting to save democracy.
The court’s steady effort to make the law an artifact of the past is of a piece with its broad expansion of executive power ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - August 6th, 1965 symbolizes a significant turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. That was the ...