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 ...

John Lewis, a longtime Congressman from Georgia and fearless champion of civil rights ... Act is a proposed law that seeks to strengthen and restore key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Mere weeks after the Edmund Pettus march, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was presented to Congress on March 17, 1965. President Johnson signed the bill into law on August 6, 1965. Since 1965, voting ...

The bill seeks to counteract the damage inflicted by Supreme Court rulings that have severely weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), including Shelby ... and voter roll purges that ...

During this week, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Selma Marches, which paved the way for the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. This video series highlights how state voting rights acts ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark civil rights law during one of most pivotal times in American history. Black Americans and their allies marched, lobbied and died for the 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.

This tragic event, known as Bloody Sunday, ignited national outrage and ultimately led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark legislation aimed at eliminating racial ...