The leading arguments in support of Black voting rights were race-conscious at their core.

While the Voting Rights Act was undoubtedly a singular achievement, it represented the culmination of a long struggle.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Louisiana v. Callais, a challenge to the congressional ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 — one of the most transformative laws in American history. Signed into law after the Selma-to-Montgomery marches, the Voting ...

"We have the generation that’s willing to say, ‘I’m prepared to fight.'" For voting rights activist Latosha Brown, voting in Georgia’s primary election last week laid bare the challenges African ...

Original jurisdictions: Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia. Also, subdivisions, mostly counties, in Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case that could fundamentally change the role that race plays in elections across the country — and Louisiana is at the center of it. Callais v. Louisiana is, ...

In 1797 the “petticoat band” showed up to vote for the New Jersey state legislature, but only on a technicality. Their impact ...

An opinion Wednesday by Chief Judge Thomas Kleeh (N.D. W. Va.) in Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism, Inc. v. Pickens deals with a rule of the West Virginia state bar, which is organized as a ...

Last month, the U.S. celebrated the 60th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the landmark Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law. The legislation promised “to enforce the 15th amendment” and ...

Black South Carolinians voted in 1948 for the first time since Reconstruction. This successful crusade, like many others, helped lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Credit - North Carolina Central ...