Though MacArthur Cotton was critical of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the 82-year-old is even more critical of where things stand with the legislation now.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 tackled voter suppression in the United States. While it significantly increased the registration of Black voters, it was not without controversy. Vatican Gives ...

Two teams of youth-led activists have called on the public to get involved with the creation of Bermuda’s first Voters Bill ...

"Spell Freedom," by Elaine Weiss, is about Septima Clark, Esau Jenkins and others who secretly helped prepare Black Southerners to embrace their civil rights.

Both parties should treat voters based on the content of their character, not the color of their skin, writes.

SHE WENT ON TO HELP LEAD THE 1965 SELMA TO MONTGOMERY MARCHES, WHICH WERE SIGNIFICANT IN THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT ...

Colorado's Senate committee approved SB25-001 to protect voting rights, addressing access for non-English speakers, jailed individuals, and people with disabilities.

The march was famously met with intense violence, with state troopers assaulting participants on March 7 in what became known as “Bloody Sunday,” and a white Unitarian minister named James Reeb being ...

A Dallas law firm filed a federal lawsuit against the Keller school district in U.S. District Court on Feb. 14, alleging its board’s election rules violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as well ...

The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama ...