The new legislation would require American citizens to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to ...

The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act was introduced by more than 200 House Democrats ahead of the anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Discover how the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and shaped American history.

On Aug. 4, 1965, the United States Senate passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This “act to enforce the 15th Amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment ...

If our representatives in Washington D.C. do not address these overreaches by the President and his allies, then our rights ...

Black Louisianians’ yearslong battle for equal voting representation makes its third appearance at the Supreme Court next ...

Sixty years ago today the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March concluded with Martin Luther King Jr. speaking before a ...

President Trump has embarked on a systematic effort to unravel Lyndon B. Johnson's civil rights legacy, rolling back ...

The bloodshed in Selma prompted President Lyndon B Johnson to push for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most significant pieces of legislation ever passed by Congress. The landmark Act ...

Montgomery, Alabama, the final site of a crucial march from Selma, is set to celebrate the 60th anniversary of an event that ...

The Voting Rights Act's legacy is under threat. Maryland's proposed Voting Rights Act could protect fair representation and voting rights for all.