Voting Rights History Two Centuries of Struggle Bruce Hartford. Preface. In part, this brief timeline describes an American history of oppression, persecution, and

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965, grew out of both public protest and private political negotiation. Starting in 1961, CORE joined SCLC in staging nonviolent

Black suffrage refers to Black people’s right to vote. Black suffrage has been at issue in countries established under conditions of white supremacy.

Black Box Voting, founded in 2003, is a nonpartisan investigative reporting and public education organization for elections.

Jun 28, 2013 · This week’s Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder overturned Section 4(b) of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which mandated federal oversight o

November’s presidential vote will be the first since the U.S. Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. Some 21 million people could face problems at the polls.

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After returning home from World War II, veteran Medgar Evers decided to vote in a Mississippi election. But when he and some other black ex-servicemen attempted to

Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in public, political elections (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote).