Voting Rights
SNCC, along with the local NAACP and CORE chapters, SCLC and many local organizations ended barriers to voting rights, beginning with the work of people at the grassroots levels who registered to vote and who challenged white supremacy at risk to their own lives and violence to their friends and family.
Florida’s Voter ID Law Faces Legal Battle over Alleged Voter Suppression
A coalition of voting rights and civil rights organizations filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida House Bill 991, a new law requiring documentary proof of citizenship, arguing it will disenfranchise eligible voters and violates the First and Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
Voting Rights Act: Beyond the Headlines
Reading Introduction:
A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND LEGACY...
SNCC Student Voice
Documenting The Movement: Voter Suppression, Aggression & Determined Resistance
Through...
Legacy Speaks: Mrs. Victoria Jackson Gray
A statement from Victoria Jackson Gray, Mississippi Freedom Democratic...
Constitutional Law At The Center: The Perennial Struggle Black Voting Rights
1. THE 3/5TH COMPROMISE
What it means
The Three-Fifths Compromise refers...
