Voting Rights Act
Voting Rights Act of 1965 may have to be passed again
February 19, 2019The Voting Rights Act produced an enormous change for both African-Americans and U.S. politics.
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Hundreds of arrests nationwide as Poor People’s Campaign intensifies
May 22, 2018Advocates flood 35 state capitals demanding restoration of Voting Rights Act.
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Indigenous votes matter
March 8, 2018“If we don’t uphold the Voting Rights Act, we are denying constitutional rights for Indigenous persons to be counted."
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With federal monitors gone, November 8 could be “open season on voters”
October 14, 2016The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, thus limiting the Justice Department’s authority to monitor elections.
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Hearing is last chance to block NC restrictions before 2014 election
July 7, 2014"The hearing in North Carolina is one with national implications," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP.
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