Voting Rights Act Under Threat as Law Marks 60 Years

Gallery: Selma celebrates Voting Rights Act - The Selma Times‑Journal

A large group of citizens attended the “Fight for the Vote: 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.” on Wednesday, August 6, at Civil Rights Memorial Park on the Selmont side of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. This landmark event commemorated six decades since the Voting Rights Act was signed into law, honoring the legacy of those who fought for democracy and recommitting to the ongoing struggle for voting rights. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was …

Voting Rights Act under threat as law marks 60 years

WASHINGTON — Sixty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing nearby, signed the Voting Rights Act into law.

Texas Democrats in Illinois join Rainbow PUSH to mark 60th anniversary of Voting Rights Act

Texas House Democrats in Illinois say they are committed to staying out of their state until the special session ends August 19. Several of the lawmakers stood with Rainbow PUSH to mark the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.

Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony: Texas Is Merely a Symptom – Voting Rights Elimination Is the Disease!

By Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, Guest Columnist Sixty years ago, March 15, 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson, during a Joint Session of Congress said, “At times history and fate meet at a single time, in a single place, to shape a turning point in a man’s unyielding search for freedom. So it was at Lexington and Concord. So it was century ago at Appomattox, so it was last week in Selma, Alabama.” This came shortly after “Bloody Sunday,” March 7…

The Voting Rights Act at 60: Where we were, where we are

Sixty years after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, Black Americans are facing diluted advances and fighting some of the battles already won.