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Protections of the Voting Rights Act are under threat as the law marks its 60th anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act into law.
The Voting Rights Act Marks Its 60th Anniversary as Its Core Provisions Are Being Eroded
Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The act protected the right to vote and ensured the government would fight efforts to suppress it,
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...
We cannot deny our ugly history with racial discrimination in this country, especially as it pertains to access to the ...
The nation is marking the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon Johnson signed the landmark ...
On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...
As voting rights lose ground, The 19th spoke with four of the advocates working to preserve the path to the ballot for the ...
Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...
On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most consequential victories in ...
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
Texas Senate Democrats spoke Wednesday morning on their efforts to fight redistricting across the country that they argue are ...
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