Sixty-one years after the Voting Rights Act, one expert explains why Black voters face renewed attacks on access, ...

A group of civil rights leaders has announced a new March on Washington to fight for voting rights.

The United States Supreme Court, in an 8–1 decision, after considering a consolidated case known as The Civil Rights Cases, ...

CHICAGO, July 15 (Chicago) - Civil rights leaders have announced plans for a Washington march next month to defend voting rights, saying recent court decisions have weakened key federal protections ...

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to fortify the 15th Amendment, which gave Black men the right to vote, and end longstanding discriminatory practices that prevented them from voting. These ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday hollowed out a landmark Civil Rights-era law that has increased minority representation in Congress and elsewhere, striking down a majority Black ...

Civil rights leaders are returning to the nation's capital this summer, announcing plans for a new March on Washington aimed at defending voting rights more than six decades after Dr. Martin Luther ...

With election season upon us, it's important to remember the past. Two rural communities in West Tennessee drew national ...

My parents lived through Jim Crow. Around our dinner table, they told stories that sounded impossible to me as a child. They talked about not being allowed to eat in certain restaurants, or even to ...