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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 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.
This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of ...
This month we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the single most influential pieces of ...
This month marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which did more than nearly any other piece of ...
Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon Johnson signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — a law aimed at ...
When 1965 began, federal voting rights legislation was far from the minds of most in Washington. After all, Congress had just ...
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - August 6th, 1965 symbolizes a significant turning point in the Civil Rights Movement. That was the ...
Nicole Austin-Hillery and Hans von Spakovsky talked about the origin of the Voting Rights Act, which President Johnson signed the act into law on August 6, 1965, and state voter identification laws.
Georgia County Debacle Shows Why We Need a Voting-Rights Act With TeethIt took an army of lawyers, activists, journalists, and citizens to provide the scrutiny the Voting Rights Act of 1965 used ...
This week, America celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most successful civil rights laws in this country's history.
Locally, the renewal of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the topic of discussion at the 13th annual Judge Theodore McMillian Black History Month Dinner held recently at the Renaissance Grand Hotel.