On this day in 1965, the House approved the Voting Rights Act by a 328-74 vote ... to the values and the purposes and the meaning of our beloved nation. The issue of equal rights for American ...

Some died in the struggle. If we are ever to actualize the true meaning of equality, effective measures such as the Voting Rights Act are still a necessary requirement of democracy. John Lewis ...

If we are ever to actualize the true meaning of equality, effective measures such as the Voting Rights Act are still a necessary requirement of democracy. Brenda Wright, an expert on the Voting Rights ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 tackled voter suppression in the United States. While it significantly increased the registration of Black voters, it was not without controversy. Federal prosecutors ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down the linchpin of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights ... reconstruct the law. The Voting Rights Act, she says, "gave real meaning on the ground to the ...

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has issued a ruling that limits who can sue under the Voting Rights Act, a decision that ... enforcement of the landmark 1965 law. A 2-1 ruling Monday ...

they can come out of coverage,” according to a bill summary. After passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the US Department of Justice rejected more than 1,000 proposed changes to voting laws ...

A federal appeals court on Wednesday shut down the ability of private individuals to bring Voting Rights Act lawsuits ...

Here was the author of a 2013 decision that had eviscerated a crucial safeguard of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, a jurist who had repeatedly criticized specific efforts to protect Black and Latino ...

Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which would restore and strengthen the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 to its full power after the Supreme Court eviscerated its core protections a decade ago.