The Voting Rights Act of 1965 tackled voter suppression in the United States. While it significantly increased the ...

It is part of SCOTUSblog’s 2020 Election Litigation Tracker, a joint project with Election Law at Ohio State. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is widely considered to be the single most important federal ...

ATLANTA (AP) — The state of Georgia is seeking another Supreme Court showdown over the Voting Rights Act, asking a federal ...

A newly filed lawsuit by the Department of Justice argues the way Houston County elects its county commission violates the U.S. Voting Rights Act of 1965, hurting Black voters' ability to elect ...

LANSING — Civil rights activist Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. will be the keynote speaker at the 40th Annual Day of Celebration ...

during the signing of the voting rights act as officials look on behind them, Washington DC, August 6, 1965. (Photo by Washington Bureau/Getty Images) The idea to use an immersive online space—a ...

On that Friday, then-President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. Widely viewed as a milestone of the civil rights movement, the landmark measure barred states from ...