The fight for American civil rights spanned decades, cities and states, from Topeka, Kansas to Memphis, Tennessee and from ...

A Supreme Court ruling against the Voting Rights Act could allow Republicans to redraw districts and solidify control of the ...

Statues of Rosa Parks and Helen Keller, pivotal figures who fought for justice and inspired change across the world, were ...

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Fifty years ago, on March 7, 1965, 600 marchers protesting for voting equality left the Brown Chapel A.M.E. Church in Selma headed for the state capitol in Montgomery. Before they had even left town, ...

Peaceful protests, including the Selma marches and murders of voting-rights activists in Mississippi, pushed President Lyndon ...

The Voting Rights Act was passed to stop racial discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, questions if states can comply with the Voting Rights Act without violating constitutional ...