The Supreme Court justices gave an ominous prelude to next term, when voting rights — another pillar of a strong democracy — ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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.

Basic Black. Voting Rights. Season 2021 Episode 12 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. ... >> YOU KNOW, I CONSTANTLY THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THIS NATION'S HISTORY WHO DIED FOR VOTING RIGHTS.

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 ...

Video above: Civil rights activist Medgar Wiley Evers and King of the Blues, B.B. King were given a centennial celebration for all of their contributions to Mississippi.In honor of Black History Month ...

The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most comprehensive pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history. In 2021, Thomas Jefferson Primary School in Peoria was renamed Dr. C.T. Vivian ...

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 ...