He continued to lead nonviolent protests and demonstrations, which resulted in several important pieces of legislation, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. King’s philosophy of nonviolent resistance and his commitment to equality, justice, and brotherhood had a...
The following year, after the violent Selma to Montgomery march in Alabama, African Americans secured another victory with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Over the final years of his life, King continued to spearhead campaigns for change even as he faced challenges by increasingly radical factions...
Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus speak to reporters outside the Senate chamber to show their support of the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act prior to its vote in the Senate on Jan. 19.Bonnie Cash/UPI Photo President Bidenholds a formal p...
And until the Voting Rights Act was undercut by the [Supreme] Court in 2013, we saw substantial progress politically. Looking back, would you define 1968 as a year, as a moment of transformation? Well, when Dr. King was killed, Robert Kennedy killed, despair set in. And many people ...
Activist Comes Home to Savannah; She Was Instrumental in the Voting Rights Act; MLK Used Her HomeByline: JAN SKUTCH SAVANNAH - Police left Amelia Boynton Robinson for dead in the dirt of...Skutch, Jan
Stacey Abramsis a lawyer, voting rights activist and author. In 2024, she founded an initiative, American Pride Rises, that seeks to engage communities, educate advocates and equip allies to respond to legislative and legal attacks on DEI. Abrams is the former Democratic leader of the Georgia ...
Today, it would not seem feasible to pass morally challenging legislation like the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act with bipartisan support and against bipartisan opposition because we do not allow ourselves to accept leadership of that type from outside politics and the people that we ...
Baldwin wrote about how “the act of faith” – that is, his belief that the movement would change white Americans and ultimately America – maintained him through the years of the black freedom movement, through marches and petitions and torturous setbacks. ...
We followed the marchers’ lead, 60 years later, because their work is not complete. The crown jewel of the Civil Rights Movement — the Voting Rights Act — has been shredded. The jobs and freedom they marched for have not been attained, and the peace, justice a...
Conservatives say MLK's primary goal was to change hearts, not law. Here King shakes hands with President Lyndon Johnson after the signing of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Getty Images “People who gain privileges because of race or status don’t readily give up those privileges and they don’...