SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As we commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's birthday Monday, there is a renewed push to pass voting rights protections in the U.S. Senate. More than five decades after ...

Speaking from the White House on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the congregation formerly led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the national holiday commemorating what would be the ...

Cover Page; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction: Voting Rights and Protest; 1. Black Voters and the Federal Voting Rights Enforcement Effort ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- From Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, the historic march led by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 50 years ago was instrumental in passing the 1965 Voting Rights Act. This Martin Luther ...

Part of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream for America is more relevant than ever now: the right to vote. Much of Dr. King's advocacy for civil rights tied back to voting rights, like his 1957 "Give ...

Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The ...

Now that 2026 has begun, Americans are just days away from commemorating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. What to know ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — On this Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Vice President Kamala Harris is calling for voting rights action, as she urges the Senate to pass legislation. Harris and other lawmakers ...

WASHINGTON -- Wednesday is the 60th anniversary of the day President Lyndon Johnson made his way to the U.S. Capitol and, with Martin Luther King Jr. standing behind him, signed the Voting Rights Act ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - In one of the most iconic speeches in our nation’s history, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called for civil and economic equality for Black Americans in his “I Have a Dream” speech ...

As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, the fragility of our rights and democracy is clear, but if ever there was a time to do both defense and offense, that time is now. An untrue hierarchy of human value ...