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Civil and voting rights activists gathered in Jackson, Mississippi, to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...
2013 was a tough year for voting rights. The Supreme Court gutted a landmark Act and states quickly pushed new restrictive laws. But there were bright spots as well.
On a special episode (first released on March 31, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: At the State of the Union, President Biden called on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act ...
This month marks the anniversary of two milestones in our nation’s history of voting rights. The 19th Amendment was ratified in August 1920, granting women the right to vote. The Voting Rights Act ...
This Black History Month, CNN celebrates the unsung heroes of abortion rights, voting rights, affirmative action, reparations, military inclusion and LGBTQ movements.
Voting has begun for the 2025 News 3 Everyday Hero Humanitarian Award, where you can choose from one of a dozen Everyday Heroes featured in our series over the past year.
Civil and voting rights activists gather in Jackson, Mississippi to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of civil ...
President Biden on Sunday paid tribute to the heroes of Selma, Alabama’s Bloody Sunday, a turning point for voting rights nearly six decades ago, saying that the fundamental right to vote is ...
Transforming The Perception Of Voting And Volunteers. Changing the view of volunteering from a nice option to an essential act is crucial. Volunteering instills a sense of positivity in ...
It’s an election in which the values our heroes work for, like voting rights, racial equity, economic justice, reproductive freedom and dignity for all are on the line and on the ballot.
Sometimes people imagine that all civil rights heroes were of one race, ... (Brown v. Board of Education; Browder; Loving) and passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of ...
Voting is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Isisara Bey, opinion contributors - 09/30/22 2:30 PM ET ...