WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.

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

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

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...

In public appearances across Boston this week, the Texas Democrats warned that the GOP-led effort to effectively erase five ...

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.

The latest order from the Supreme Court reminds us that the court exercises significant control over its docket and is ...

The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History are holders of some ...

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