Voting rights

The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed into law on July 2, 1964, is a landmark piece of federal legislation that outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and other marginalized groups. The act prohibits discrimination in voting, public accommodations, public facilities, public…

The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is the oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization in the United States. Created by middle-class Mexican Americans to fight racial discrimination and promote civic engagement, LULAC has worked to advance the economic, educational,…

The Southwest Voter Registration Education Project (SVREP) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization established by William C. Velasquez to mobilize Latino and other minority communities to vote. SVREP has registered over 2.6 million voters and trained more than 150,000 community leaders through…

In the case of Katzenbach v. Morgan, the Supreme Court significantly affirmed Congress's power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. This ruling established Congress's authority to expand individual rights beyond judicial recognition. Specifically, the Court upheld Section 4(e) of…

<p>Growing up in segregated Texas, I didn’t think much about race. Then, I covered the civil rights movement in the 1960s.</p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">One day in 1869 the gentlemen of the territorial legislature amused themselves by enacting the first woman-suffrage law. They trusted in a veto from the governor</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="body">The Fifteenth Amendment, like the Fourteenth, was almost strangled in its cradle.</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Putsch Comes to Shove</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">VOTER TURNOUT MAY BE DOWN IN RECENT YEARS, BUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE COMMON CITIZEN HAS GROWN TO FAR SURPASS ANYTHING THE FOUNDING FATHERS EVER DREAMED OF.</span></p>

<p style="line-height: 1.38;">The legacy of Fannie Lou Hamer’s life was her belief that the United States could indeed live up to its ideals.</p>