JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - This year marks 60 years since the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law. Its goal was to prevent racial discrimination in voting. This was passed due to many ...

Selma Jubilee revelers annual trek across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama reminds us why we can never stop advocating for ...

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.

On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with social justice.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is widely considered to be the single most important ... but today it is Section 2 of the act that continues to have the greatest impact. Adopted essentially as an ...

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 ...

Justice Brett Kavanaugh repeatedly probed whether there should be a time limit to the section of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 that’s aimed at preventing the dilution of power of the Black vote.

The attack shocked the nation and galvanized support for the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965. The annual commemoration ... we did not know the impact we would have in America,” he said.