Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act because “the Democrat party at the time, especially in the South, were racially gerrymandering districts to disenfranchise Black voters.” President Lyndon ...
Women from Fannie Lou Hamer to Kamala Harris warned America about threats to democracy. What happens when we finally listen?
Hearing about the recent Supreme Court decision altering the 1965 Voting Rights Act started me thinking about a local ...
Bill Schechter ’68 argues that three civil rights activists, including a Cornell alum, whose murders spurred the passage of ...
PBS NC helps your community explore new worlds and ideas through programs that educate, inform and inspire. Your ...
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its independence, old questions have returned about who belongs and whose ...
The passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act marked what many historians mark as the actual beginning of democracy in the US.
Congress passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act to fortify the 15th Amendment, which gave Black men the right to vote, and end ...
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