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

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

The Voting Rights Act led to sweeping change across the American South as discriminatory voting practices were dismantled and ...

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

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

We cannot deny our ugly history with racial discrimination in this country, especially as it pertains to access to the ...

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

The law has been slowly eroding for more than a decade, starting with the 2013 Supreme Court decision ending the requirement ...

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

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

As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, key legal challenges threaten its future, raising alarm over voter access and civil rights ...