The Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the legal blows it has taken, are central to the current political fight over voting access. Kaz Fantone for NPR hide caption ...

I t was only eight days after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6 of 1965 that federal voting examiners speedily dispatched to Selma, Ala., proceeded in a single day ...

Why a National Campaign for Voting Rights Is EssentialWhile a constitutional voting-rights amendment is unlikely, a national campaign could do much good, and Democrats are foolish if they don’t ...

Since 1965, the Voting Rights Act has been one of the most prominent pieces of civil rights legislation. Its aim: to ensure that people in areas with a history of racial discrimination receive ...

President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in a ceremony in the President’s Room near the Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 6.

The Voting Rights Act cleared the chamber by a 77-17 vote on May 26, 1965. The bill faced similar scrutiny in the House of Representatives, where some felt it did not go far enough against ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 changed all that because courageous Americans like John Lewis put their lives on the line. Over the past decade, ...

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.

On Aug. 4, 1965, the United States Senate passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This “act to enforce the 15th Amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment ...

Sunday marked 58 years since the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Since then, local voting rights activist have said there have been multiple challenges to the right to vote.