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 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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.