Three young men in Mississippi were killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1964 because they were helping to register Black men and ...

The Justice Department enforces the federal voting rights laws that protect the rights of all citizens to access the ballot.

The passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was more than just a landmark legal triumph—it was a battle cry for equality, an indomitable statement against centuries of injustice that had long ...

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 ...

In this Aug. 6, 1965 file photo President Lyndon B Johnson hands a pen to civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr during the the signing of the voting rights act as officials look on ...

In 2013, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority effectively dismantled those protections, which made up a key part of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. Core parts of the Freedom to Vote ...

Learn about Fannie Lou Hamer, a voting rights activist whose vision for an inclusive political future laid the groundwork for the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. By Keisha N. Blain, an ...

The Justice Department announced Tuesday that it will monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws in Portage County ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed with strong support from Republicans and despite the opposition of Southern Democrats. The U.S. Supreme Court decided a number of cases in the mid-’60s ...

the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, an update of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act; and the Freedom to Vote Act, a sweeping bill that targets voting access, money in politics, and how ...

WASHINGTON − On the heels of another state adopting what they call restrictive election changes, Democrats are introducing voting rights legislation Tuesday aimed at making it easier for voters ...