The activism of Black women often predated that of famous white suffragists—and still informs debates over what history is ...

The groups are working to educate voters in the South about how they would be affected if the court strikes down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. African American and white voters voting together in the Democratic primary for the gubernatorial election in Tallahassee, Florida ...

This Election Day, the potential impact of African-American voters is making headlines. The New York Times and The Nation recently reported that mobilizing black voters is the key to winning. And the ...

Across the South, Black voting-rights activists were murdered by white mobs and officials. Their killers walked free. Their courage changed democracy. From left: Lamar Smith, Emmett Till, George Lee, ...

Mississippi’s Black voters recently won a victory that puts them on the brink of having greater sway over who sits on the ...

On the night of June 12, 1963, Medgar Evers stepped out of his Oldsmobile parked in the driveway of his Jackson, Mississippi home, carrying t-shirts that read, 'Jim Crow Must Go.' He had returned ...

The case tests the balancing act states must strike in protecting the voting power of a racial minority while not discriminating against other voters.

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., NAACP, and civil rights partners challenge DeSoto County’s 2022 redistricting map under the Voting Rights Act "The DeSoto County redistricting plan fractures Black ...

When Louisiana finally won a second-majority Black district in 2024, I felt a weight lift from my shoulders. For decades, Black voters like me knew that having only one voting district where we could ...