It was August 6th, 1965, when president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, making it illegal to discriminate at ...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...

On the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement: “Sixty years ...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a law aimed at ...

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

Years ago President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It was enacted to remove the barriers of racist ...

On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most consequential victories in ...

The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the state’s voter ID requirements for mail-in ballots do not violate the ...

Six decades later, as key protections erode and courts revisit core provisions, civil rights groups, legal experts, and organizers are fighting to protect this essential pillar of democracy.

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...

Museums across the U.S. are displaying artifacts that represent and reflect landmark events of the Civil Rights era. Visitors ...

Abbott called a special session of the legislature to adopt a new map unveiled last Wednesday, which redraws congressional ...