This law granted rights of citizenship to all men, regardless of race. But for abolitionist Frederick Douglass, it fell short. Only guaranteed voting rights for all citizens, he said in 1866, could ...

A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. The First National Women's Rights Convention The first National Women's ...

Jackson, MS () Mississippi has a long history of voter suppression. An 1890 rule that permanently strips people convicted of certain crimes of their right to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Alice Paul, background holding rolled-up banner, takes part with suffragettes marching from the Women’s ...

During the 117th Congress, proxy voting gave members the ability to ensure ... we broke barriers, made history, and navigated the challenges of motherhood while serving in public office.

which hemisphere they live in—and possibly think it’s a good idea for these people to be left alone with a voting machine of any kind? As a college history professor, I can cite examples of 18 ...

Holder. Shelby County effectively nullified Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which had forestalled certain jurisdictions (primarily in areas with a history of discriminatory voting laws) from ...

The county’s troubling voting rights history extends back to the Civil Rights Era, such as when black voters were blocked from voting in the 1959 Fayette County Democratic Primary. The case that ...