Six decades later, Black ... Rights Act after the U.S. Supreme Court gutted key provisions intended to safeguard racial ...

Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, the SPLC honors 40 civil rights martyrs with a ceremony focused on today’s fight to preserve ...

Discover how the brutal treatment of Black citizens in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act and shaped American history.

Voting rights for women, immigrants, Blacks, Native Americans and soldiers went through many changes beginning in the late 1800s, up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Dr. Rachel ...

They fed, protected and housed activists who traveled to Selma, Alabama, in March 1965 to demonstrate for voting rights.

The Voting Rights Act's legacy is under threat. Maryland's proposed Voting Rights Act could protect fair representation and voting rights for all.

As people gather in Selma to remember "Bloody Sunday,'' some call for action. "We're still in the midst of this struggle,’’ said Bryan Stevenson.

Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of a key event in the civil rights movement, when voting rights marchers ...

On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...

Civil rights ... voting and civil rights activists were violently beaten and injured by law enforcement officers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama while protesting the right to vote ...