MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. The landmark legislation outlawed literacy tests and gave the federal government power to protect ...

On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we honor those who strived for that victory by defending its true ...

Texas Senate Democrats will speak Wednesday morning on their efforts to fight redistricting across the country that they argue are “attempts to rig” Congressional maps ahead of the ...

As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, its legacy is under siege—from courts, lawmakers, and a government retreating from ...

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

Sixty years ago today – August 6, 1965 – President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965, giving a ...

Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin ...

Alabama leaders and people of all ages will gather in Selma Wednesday, August 6, from 4 to 7 p.m. at Civil Rights Memorial ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D), who has vowed to protect Texas Democrats who fled their state over GOP redistricting efforts, ...

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...

On this day 60 years ago, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law. Its protections have been rolled back in recent years — ...

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