Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...

Last Wednesday, we observed the 60th anniversary of when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson (2nd L) signs the Medicare bill July 30, 1965, at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, Mo. Former President Harry S. Truman (2nd R), first lady Claudia Alta "Lady ...

The landmark legislation dramatically increased voter registration and participation among African Americans in Georgia and ...

March 13, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, center, and Alabama Gov. George Wallace (second left) are surrounded by reporters in the White House after meeting to discuss events in Selma, Ala.

August 6 is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Let us honor the sacrifices of the past by recommitting ourselves ...

President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked that authority in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery. That incident is now in the spotlight ...