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A major case now before the U.S. Supreme Court has some fearing that this year's anniversary of the Voting Rights Act may be ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...
Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.
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 ...
Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin ...
A major case now before the U.S. Supreme Court has some fearing that this year's anniversary of the Voting Rights Act may be ...
Here is the abstract: The Voting Rights Act is perhaps the most effective civil rights law ever enacted, bringing millions of Americans who have historically been discriminated against … Continue ...
We know the Supreme Court dallied a long time in setting the Louisiana case for reargument, only recently adding a doozy of a question in this racial gerrymandering case that could tee up a potential ...
Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and in Morgantown, the Community Coalition for Social ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to an immediate wave of Black voter participation. 60 years later, that participation is under threat.