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 ...

Fifty years ago, Congress passed Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act — a landmark provision that re-shaped American democracy by tearing down longstanding language barriers at the ballot box. As Los ...

The Rev. Joe Carter was the first African American since 1902 to register to vote in West Feliciana Parish in 1963, but he was not alone. Countless pictures by renowned civil rights photographer Bob ...

In a speech before he signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson said of the landmark civil rights law, “Today we strike away the last major shackle…the Negro story and ...

The Rev. C.T. Vivian was a renowned civil rights leader who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation ...

"The Journey of Democracy," an exhibit commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, opens Wednesday. Ethan Wolin [email protected] After voting rights protesters were beaten in ...

This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of legislation in American history. The policy that finally, almost 200 years ...

The Supreme Court on Oct. 15 appeared ready to gut a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting for more than a half century, a change that would boost ...

WASHINGTON ‒ On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil right lawyers and scholars warn those rights are in danger again. The ...

Late last month, the Trump administration dismissed all cases in which the U.S. Department of Justice sought to enforce the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and removed all the senior attorneys ...

Davis learns about an ancestor who played a role in voting rights history. “ABC News Live” Anchor Linsey Davis is accustomed to seeking the truth and reporting it. That instinct for fact-finding ...