The historic law that promoted equality for all Americans. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act as Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders look on; President's ...

Mere weeks after the Edmund Pettus march, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was presented to Congress on March 17, 1965. President Johnson signed the bill into law on August 6, 1965. Since 1965, voting ...

Thus, the so-called SAVE Act would undermine voting rights and block some ... save it before it is too late. Derrick Johnson Derrick Johnson serves as president and CEO of the NAACP, a title ...

“America is grateful to have a President ... voting fight. But Luna blamed Johnson and leadership for the early recess, noting they could have brought the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility ...

Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson assumed the presidency after the assassination of President John Kennedy in November 1963. Johnson declared a “war on poverty” in his 1964 election campaign, ...