Maryland lawmakers passed sweeping voting rights legislation Monday night, marking a significant expansion of protections for voters of color and setting the stage for the measure to be signed into ...

A few weeks ago, at the gracious invitation of my friends Roy Johnson and Steve Crocker, I joined a National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) regional conference panel titled “Life After the ...

SELMA, Alabama May 18 (Reuters) Betty Strong Boynton marched into history as a teenager in the 1960s, when she was among the hundreds of peaceful protesters attacked by club-wielding Alabama state ...

Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2006, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision, known as Section ...

I felt like I was being mistreated. Facing barriers at the ballot box, Portia Haskins fought back in court. Her fight started one year after the Constitution outlawed poll taxes in federal elections ...