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Judges maintain order for Alabama to draw new districts

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A three-judge panel on Thursday refused to stay its decision that effectively orders Alabama to draw new congressional districts before the 2022...

Alabama’s new congressional districts map blocked by judges

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Federal judges on Monday blocked Alabama from using newly drawn congressional districts in upcoming elections, ruling that the state should have two...

Lawsuit challenges new Alabama congressional districts

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Two lawsuits are challenging Alabama’s newly approved congressional map, arguing it unlawfully dilutes the voting strength of African Americans with one majority-minority...

House passes bill bolstering landmark voting law

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House Democrats have passed legislation that would strengthen a landmark civil rights-era voting law weakened by the Supreme Court over the past...

Democrats unveil plan to update landmark voting law

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House Democrats on Tuesday put forward a new proposal to update the landmark Voting Rights Act, seeking against long odds to revive...

Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge

The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the...

Democratic presidential hopefuls honor Selma march

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Thunder rolling above Brown Chapel AME Church, Democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker warned Sunday of a looming threat to American democracy and...

On its 53rd anniversary, Terri Sewell says Voting Rights Act must...

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Monday, August 6, marks the 53rd anniversary of the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The VRA abolished restrictions on black Americans...

Commemoration of ‘Bloody Sunday’ set in Alabama

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Several members of Congress have joined civil rights activists and others for the annual commemoration of a day of racial violence in Selma dating...

National ‘Ride to Revive’ Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act...

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On June 24, 2017, the 4th Anniversary of the Supreme Court’s reversal of section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, advocacy groups from across the...

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