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Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from ...
The Journey of Democracy” features California documents and photos of the ceremony where Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...
The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark ...
Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to an immediate wave of Black voter participation. 60 years later, that participation is ...
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 ...
August 6 is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Let us honor the sacrifices of the past by recommitting ourselves ...
As voting rights lose ground, The 19th spoke with four of the advocates working to preserve the path to the ballot for the ...
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, its legacy is under siege—from courts, lawmakers, and a government retreating from ...