Though MacArthur Cotton was critical of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 82-year-old is even more critical of where things ...

After the Supreme Court weakened a key piece of the Voting Rights Act, voting discrimination cases are not just harder to ...

That is why the Voting Rights Act of 1965 continues to hold such an important role in securing and maintaining basic rights for our democracy.

Black History Month is an annual observance centered on celebrating the history, heritage, cultural influence and social ...

Rossein said some people might have confused Johnson’s 1965 order with the 1964 Civil Rights Act he signed into law that went into effect July 5, 1965. That law created the Equal Employment ...

He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was attacked by Alabama State Troopers in what would be known as "Bloody Sunday.

For the second straight year, Virginia Beach’s attempt to formalize its voting system in its city charter has hit a dead end ...

President Trump revoked a 1965 rule that prohibited federal contractors from discriminating against employees or job ...

A New York appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling striking down a state law that prohibits local governments from ...

Call me naive, but I’ve never quite gotten why some politicians want to limit voters’ ability to cast their ballots. Sure, I know that plenty of people like to flip the classic ...