Group of voters lining up outside the polling station, a Sugar Shack small store, in Peachtree, Alabama, after the Voting Rights Act was passed the...
Washington: President Reagan signed an extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, saying "the right to vote is the crown jewel of American liberties."...
President Lyndon B Johnson presents one of the pens used to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to James Farmer, Director of the Congress of Racial...
American Civil Rights and religious leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr and others arrive at the White House for a meeting with President Lyndon B...
The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor people from around the country...
In this statement about the Voting Rights Act, John Conyers states that Congress must protect voting rights before Americans lose faith in the...
Blacks and whites, for the first time in Alabama, wait in line together to vote at a small town's city hall after enactment of the Voting Rights Act.
Long lines of African Americans wait to register to vote in a makeshift office in Alabama after passage of the Voting Rights Act.
The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor people from around the country...
African American men fill out their ballots and drop them in ballot boxes in Alabama after enactment of the Voting Rights Act.
African American citizens wait in line to register to vote in Alabama after the enactment of the Voting Rights Act.
Washington, D.C.: Attorneys for six Southern states fight against the Voting Rights Act of 1965 at their last barricade -- the U.S. Supreme Court....
The Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks prior to the march toward the Capitol building. The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC,...
Black citizens wait in line to vote for the first time in Alabama after enactment of the Voting Rights Act.
Following the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, people line up to vote at the Sugar Shack store, Peachtree, Alabama, May 3, 1966.
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland speaks at a press conference at the Department of Justice on December 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Garland and...
Texas Democratic State Legislators and Sen. Jeff Merkley at a news conference on Voting Rights on the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights...
The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor people from around the country...
Reverend Doctor Liz Theoharris and Reverend Doctor William Barber lead the march toward the Capitol building. The Poor People's Campaign rallied and...
Chairman Julian Bond and NAACP President Bruce Gordon applaud U.S. President George W. Bush after Bush announced support for renewal of the Voting...
President George W. Bush signs the Martin Luther King, Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2002 as Rep. Bob Ney, R-OH, Sen. Chris Dodd,...
Martin Luther King III and Independant presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders stand in front of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during a...
Martin Luther King III speaks during a rally at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial during a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the...
President George W. Bush arrives for the signing of H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act...
Attorney General Eric Holder makes a statement on the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act at the Justice Department on June 25, 2013...
Dr. Lonnie Randolph, Jr., President of the South Carolina NAACP speaks at a rally in support of the Voting Rights Act in the State House on February...
President George W. Bush shakes hands with members of Congress after signing the Martin Luther King Jr. Equal Protection of Voting Rights Act of 2002...
Attorney General of Alabama Steve Marshall speaks to members of the press after the oral argument of the Merrill v. Milligan case at the U.S. Supreme...
Chair of Faith for Black Lives the Rev. Stephen Green speaks during a “Freedom Friday March” protest at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial August 6,...
Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner speaks at a news conference on voting rights with other Texas Democratic State Legislators and Sen....
Sen. Jeff Merkley speaks at a news conference on Voting Rights with Texas Democratic State Legislators on the anniversary of the signing of the...
Texas Democratic State Legislators and Sen. Jeff Merkley at a news conference on Voting Rights on the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights...
Texas Democratic State Legislators and Sen. Jeff Merkley at a news conference on Voting Rights on the anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights...
Texas State Rep. Claudia Ordaz Perez , right, attends a news conference on Voting Rights with other members of Texas Democratic State Legislators and...
Sen. Jeff Merkley speaks at a news conference on Voting Rights with Texas Democratic State Legislators on the anniversary of the signing of the...
Sen. Jeff Merkley speaks at a news conference on Voting Rights with Texas Democratic State Legislators on the anniversary of the signing of the...
Sen. Jeff Merkley speaks at a news conference on Voting Rights with Texas Democratic State Legislators on the anniversary of the signing of the...
The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor people from around the country...
Faith leader is arrested by the US Capitol Police. The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage...
The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor people from around the country...
The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor people from around the country...
The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor people from around the country...
Capitol Police guard the arrestees. The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor...
The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where faith leaders, low-wage workers, and poor people from around the country...
Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson with Reverend Doctor William Barber. The Poor People's Campaign rallied and...
Reverend Doctor William Barber prepares the protesters prior to the march. The Poor People's Campaign rallied and marched in Washington DC, where...
Antwoin Monach, a staff member for Rep. Hank Johnson , places a note on the office door of civil rights activist Rep. John Lewis , who died last...
American flags outside of the Washington Monument lowered to half staff to honor the life of Rep John Lewis on July 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. John...
The outside of Rep John Lewis office is seen in the Cannon House Office Building in on July 18, 2020 in Washington, DC. John Lewis, died at 80 years...
Ninety-six South Carolina Negroes voted for the first time in 1948 since Reconstruction. This successful crusade, like many others, led to the Voting...
President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Janai Nelson speaks to members of the press after the oral argument of the Merrill v....
Lead counsel for the plaintiffs Deuel Ross speaks to members of the press as President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Janai...
African Americans wait in line to vote for the first time in an Alabama town after enactment of the Voting Rights Act.
Supporters of the Voting Rights Act listen to speakers discussing today's rulings outside the U.S. Supreme Court building on June 25, 2013 in...
American President Lyndon B. Johnson presents one of the pens used to sign the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to the director of the Congress of Racial...
Shenita Binns and her daughter Ysrael Binns of Atlanta, Georgia, participate in a “Freedom Friday March” protest at Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial...
Plaintiff Evan Milligan speaks to members of the press after the oral argument of the Merrill v. Milligan case at the U.S. Supreme Court on October...
