While the Voting Rights Act was undoubtedly a singular achievement, it represented the culmination of a long struggle.

The Voting Rights Act gave teeth to the 15th Amendment’s promise that no American could be denied the right to vote because of race.

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LANSING, MI - The Henry Ford landed state support to preserve a historic home that played an important role in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. The Michigan Strategic Fund approved a $9 million bond ...

History lives on almost every corner in Selma, Alabama, and the city invites visitors to celebrate its heritage (and makes it easy with a self-guided audio tour; download the brochure from ...

Chubby Checker, the legendary rock and roll performer who taught America to dance the Twist, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In July, the Rock Hall awarded Checker his trophy at ...

Following the Bloody Sunday crackdown in Selma, Ala., Martin Luther King Jr. called for support across the U.S. People of different races and... 'A Proud Walk': 3 Voices On The March From Selma To ...

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Montgomery artist Michelle Browder has created a 15-foot-tall, 900-pound aluminum chair as a template for an upcoming art installation. The chair serves as a platform for discussions about social ...

It was nice to see Traverse City rally around the victims of the mass stabbing at their local Walmart, but the method that many businesses chose to show “support” was at best misguided and at worst ...

Of all the rights the Founding Fathers bequeathed to us in the Constitution, voting rights for people other than white men with property wasn’t one of them. Unpleasant fact that it is, for most of ...