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This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of ...
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a law aimed at ...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.
The conservative court has subjected the law to death by a thousand cuts over the years — and now is poised to kill it completely on its 60th birthday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did more than nearly any other piece of ...
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
Last Wednesday, we observed the 60th anniversary of when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ...
Provisions in the Voting Rights Act were set to expire initially after five years but were later renewed a total of five ...
Georgia County Debacle Shows Why We Need a Voting-Rights Act With TeethIt took an army of lawyers, activists, journalists, and citizens to provide the scrutiny the Voting Rights Act of 1965 used ...
Locally, the renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the topic of discussion at the 13th annual Judge Theodore McMillian Black History Month Dinner held recently at the Renaissance Grand Hotel.
Pennsylvania voters have already demonstrated they want policies that will make it easier and more accessible for eligible ...