Earlier Sunday, U.S. Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland told parishioners at a Selma church service commemorating the anniversary that voting rights are endangered in much of the nation. Garland told a ...
Learn about the courageous fight for voting rights in the 1960s, as told by Congressman John Lewis. Discover the sacrifices ...
Remembering civil rights leaders who gave their lives to secure the right to vote without barriers. Remember them this ...
The 60th anniversary of the historic Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches that culminated in the passing of the landmark Voting Rights Act, will be commemorated in March of 2025. As in ...
Sen. JD Vance touched on key topics such as the state of the economy and illegal immigration in remarks to the Johnston County crowd.
who wrote in the court’s ruling that Secretary of State Bob Evnen did not have the authority to strip voting rights from people convicted of a felony. The last day to register to vote for the ...
In the 1970s, he fought within the system to preserve the voting rights he’d risked his life for ... appreciation of his ...
Coach Michael Locksley has preached to the Terrapins the importance of voting after he made an offseason trip to Selma.
They want to be allowed to leave work, commute all the way home, cast their vote and then commute back to work, all on their employers’ dime. Apparently they feel it’s their employer’s responsibility ...
deemed as unconstitutional a law passed this year by the Legislature immediately restoring the voting rights of those who complete the terms of their felony sentences. “Patty and Selma at the ...
Decisions by the Supreme Court and lower courts since 2006 have weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which was passed in the wake of the police attacks in Selma, Garland said. The demonstrators ...