WASHINGTON (AP) — Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights ...

Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to fortify the 15th Amendment, which gave Black men the right to vote, and end longstanding discriminatory practices that prevented them from voting. These ...

Voting rights have expanded and contracted throughout American history, and as the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, that story is still being written. Voting rights have expanded and ...

Tati King and Toni Johnson both lost their right to vote after drug-related felony convictions. Even though both have served their prison sentences, the Virginia state constitution imposes a lifetime ...

I felt like I was being mistreated. Facing barriers at the ballot box, Portia Haskins fought back in court. Her fight started one year after the Constitution outlawed poll taxes in federal elections ...