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.

A woman holds up signs during a voting rights rally at Liberty Plaza near the Georgia State Capitol on Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Atlanta. (Brynn Anderson / AP Photo) By signing up, you confirm ...

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.

Flanked by famous civil rights heroes like Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law 48 years ago Tuesday, IE 11 is not supported.

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 ...

Ten years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered one of the most devastating blows to voting rights in our lifetime: Shelby County v. Holder. The ruling struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights ...

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 ...

He said that Dr. King and Robert F. Kennedy were his heroes as a young man and, as he has in the past, Mr. Biden left the impression that he was perhaps more involved in the civil rights movement ...

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 ...

Subject to the CNN Heroes Legal Disclosures and the terms herein, the Finalist from the top 5 CNN Heroes who collects the most votes will be the winner (the “Winner”). The Winner will be ...