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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 ...
Provisions in the Voting Rights Act were set to expire initially after five years but were later renewed a total of five ...
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 President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a law aimed at ...
Sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, Black Americans are facing ...
Last Wednesday, we observed the 60th anniversary of when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
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.
"This Court has been extraordinarily unfriendly to the Voting Rights Act over the last couple of decades," a voting rights ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - August 6th, 1965 symbolizes a significant turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. That was the ...