Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the landmark legislation becoming law. Those at the epicenter of the fight for voting ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was follow-up legislation to the Civil Rights Act passed a year earlier. In a break from ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, ...

"The Journey of Democracy" features California documents and photos of the ceremony where Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 led to an immediate wave of Black voter participation. 60 years later, that participation is ...

Civil rights activists fought for the Voting Rights Acts 60 years ago. Some worry the law's protections are now at risk.

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the ...

August 6 is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Let us honor the sacrifices of the past by recommitting ourselves ...

As voting rights lose ground, The 19th spoke with four of the advocates working to preserve the path to the ballot for the ...

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...

When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...

On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA), one of the most consequential victories in ...