MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Facing a sea of state troopers, Charles Mauldin was near the front line of voting rights marchers who ...

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

In public appearances across Boston this week, the Texas Democrats warned that the GOP-led effort to effectively erase five ...

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

The Trump DOJ is taking aim at illegal race-based gerrymandering and voter roll issues, Civil Rights Division chief Harmeet ...

In 2024 the Turtle Mountain Band and the Spirit Lake Tribe formed a joint district for the first time. The future of the ...

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, a law that promised millions of Americans the power to vote, civil ...

This is the final video in the “State Voting Rights Acts: Explained” video series created by the Center for American Progress ...

Seventy years ago, a coalition of young lawyers, activists, preachers and Americans of conscience joined together for a ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states. The law is under threat.

Mississippi’s first Black woman elected to public office says more needs to be done. Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of ...