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Voting Rights Act of 1965

US federal legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal statute that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965. Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections.

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🇺🇸 Decades after violence in Selma spurred the Voting Rights Act, organizers worry about its fate (2026-03-08)
Sixty-one years after state troopers attacked Civil Rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, thousands are gathering in the Alabama city ...
🇺🇸 Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer, dies at 85 (2026-03-06)
Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage ...
🇬🇧 Bernard LaFayette, civil rights leader who helped launch Voting Rights Act, dies aged 85 (2026-03-06)
<p>Early in a life of service, LaFayette did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama</p><p>Bernard LaFayette, the a...
🇺🇸 Could the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Act Decision Affect the Midterms? (2026-02-28)
The court is set to decide a major case that could scramble the country’s congressional maps. One crucial factor for this year’s elections is when the...
🇺🇸 The redistricting fight shifts to the courtroom (2026-02-24)
High-stakes legal cases that could determine the majority loom in nearly a dozen states, with just months to go until the November election....

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