Voting Rights Act of 1965

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August 6, 2025
60 years after its signing, the Voting Rights Act faces mounting legal threats that could unravel its core protections.
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March 24, 2025
The Supreme Court will determine whether Louisiana will have to uphold a second majority-Black congressional district.
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March 9, 2025
Alabama this weekend is marking the 60th anniversary of the clash that became known as Bloody Sunday, a dark stain…
John Lewis, Voting Rights, Edmund Pettus Bidge, Bloody Sunday, theGrio.com
March 7, 2025
Black leaders grapple with progress being undone by a series of court rulings, state laws, and Donald Trump's targeting of…
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August 7, 2024
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told theGrio restoring the Voting Rights Act is "something that we want to see…
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October 4, 2022
The rights of Black voters in Alabama could be diluted based on the outcome of a voting rights case before…
March 25, 2022
A third lawsuit has been filed by the Biden administration regarding Texas redistricting maps which have been deemed discriminatory.
January 11, 2022
We must resign ourselves that we will always have to fight. They will never let us vote but we will…
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
January 11, 2022
The political fight to protect the right vote and reform the filibuster reaches new heights as the White House visits…
Voters In 14 States Head To The Polls On Super Tuesday
December 29, 2021
'Race-blind' redistricting maps are a lie, according to lawsuits. Several lawsuits suggest that Republican claims of racial fairness in drawing…
Texas U.S. Congressman Al Green and NAACP President Derrick Johnson
September 8, 2021
“You can’t say you are making voting easier by making it more difficult. That’s an oxymoron," Rep. Al Green said…
August 12, 2021
Fair Right Action has been instrumental in promoting fair elections nationwide and the all-important aim of getting voters to the…
Demonstrators sit outside Terminal B/C at the Reagen National Airport. (Photo: Marconja Zor)
August 8, 2021
Twenty-six protesters were arrested outside Reagan National Airport while demanding voting rights protections for Black Americans.
March 8, 2021
The 56th anniversary of Bloody Sunday has the White House focused on voter regristration in an all-out effort to protect…
Voting Rights Protest in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
March 7, 2021
A new brand of 21st-century conservatism must move away from the party of Trump and appeal to younger voters and…
Voting thegrio.com
August 6, 2020
The Voting Rights Act turns 55 today but with a key provision taken from it, Black voting rights are still…
Georgia Voting Machines thegrio.com AP
December 11, 2019
Grassroots efforts of one predominantly Black community in a rural Georgia county caused an elections board to reopen a polling…
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October 26, 2018
Nov. 6th is almost here and Amy DuBois Barnett is asking us all to do everything in our power to…
May 25, 2017
Clarence Thomas did a shocking thing when he voted with the majority of his Supreme Court colleagues to strike down…
August 17, 2015
The civil rights community has lost one of its greatest champions and elder statesmen with the passing of Julian Bond...