voting rights

Roanoke rally for voting rights planned for June 25

June 17, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Attendees will rally to defend the right to vote and to support a restoration of the Voting Rights Act.

Voting summit carries on march for voting rights

March 9, 2015 By Mike Bayer

As the march from Selma continues, there's a movement to end the most anti-democratic features of election law.

Today in African-American history: Fifteenth amendment ratified

February 3, 2015 By Special to People’s World

The Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits denying citizens the right to vote based on their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

“Selma” will inspire you

January 16, 2015 By Frank Chapman

A chronicle of Martin Luther King's campaign to secure equal voting rights via an epic march from Selma to Montgomery.

Today in labor history: SNCC founder Julian Bond was born

January 14, 2015 By Special to People’s World

Today people from around the country and globe are wishing the long time civil rights giant, Julian Bond, a very happy birthday.