View the timeline of Black voting rights and voter suppression to learn about important dates in this history. America's long history of Black voter suppression.

President Joe Biden assailed voter suppression and called for economic justice for Black Americans during his remarks on Sunday, the day commemorating the 58th anniversary of Bloody Sunday in ...

By Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story October 7, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was more than just a landmark legal triumph ...

Throughout history, ... United as a society, we must firmly oppose any endeavors aimed at undermining the hard-won voting rights of Black Americans.

Moses Smith was an activist who advocated for Black voting rights. He lost his life to racial violence in 1868. ... “I think it’s always important to look at our history, ...

When the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Alabama’s congressional map had diluted the power of Black voters, it was a long-sought victory for voting rights activists, who had grown ...

Republican officials in Louisiana are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set a narrower definition of "Black" for redistricting that excludes some Black people and could minimize their voting power.

I’ve studied our history to learn about all the people who were beaten and killed fighting for Black voting rights. That’s why I’ve voted in every election, local and national, since ...

Bea Hines recounts painful history of getting voting rights for Black Americans. It’s why Black women and men need to vote, she says.

ATLANTA — Black women are a strategic force in the ongoing fight for voting rights, and that couldn't be more true in Georgia. History will show they always have been - even when no one wanted ...

By Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story October 7, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was more than just a landmark legal triumph ...

By Jo-Carolyn Goode Click here for updates on this story October 7, 2024 (Houston Style Magazine) — The passage of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 was more than just a landmark legal triumph ...