Black lawmakers and voting rights advocates are expressing concern about a potential decline in minority political ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a landmark law against racial discrimination in voting, has been weakened by Supreme Court ...

The justices consider tossing a decades-old tool to fight racial discrimination when it comes to fair representation.

As the Supreme Court deliberates changes, the Voting Rights Act turns 60. We look at its past, present and future with local ...

Ali Velshi breaks down the decades-long conservative crusade to dismantle the Voting Rights Act, which has been championed by ...

A battle over Louisiana's congressional map led to the racially and politically charged case. Could it impact the Voting ...

Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, 600 marchers protesting for voting equality left the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma headed for the state capitol in Montgomery. Before they had even left town, ...

In his first term as mayor of Selma, Joe Smitherman watched police beat civil rights demonstrators embarking on the 1965 voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. On Tuesday, after 36 ...

Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: Voting Rights and Protest; 1. Black Voters and the Federal Voting Rights Enforcement Effort ...

As Election Day approaches, columnist Mike Daly reflects on the Civil Rights Movement that was grounded in securing voting ...

The Voting Rights Act was passed to stop racial discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, questions if states can comply with the Voting Rights Act without violating constitutional ...