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 ...

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

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 ...

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

The bloody images of that day shared around the world helped to contribute to the larger movement’s achievement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, marking a pivotal turning point for racial ...

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.

Impacts for married women ... and so many others — all of which led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act that year.” The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 2013 decision, gutted key provisions ...

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 ...

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.

The suit argues that the county-wide system for county commission elections dilutes the power of Black voters and violated the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965. Despite 33.1% of the county's ...

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.