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The National Voting Rights Museum and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in Selma, Alabama, which honors, chronicles...

original on January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021. "Voting Rights Act". National Voting Rights Museum and Institute. Retrieved May 23, 2014. One or more...

National Civil Rights Museum is a complex of museums and historic buildings in Memphis, Tennessee; its exhibits trace the history of the civil rights...

This is a timeline of voting rights in the United States, documenting when various groups in the country gained the right to vote or were disenfranchised...

and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) is a United States federal law dealing with elections and voting rights for United States citizens residing...

marches. "National Voting Rights Museum and Institute". Selma, Alabama. Hartford, Bruce. "Selma, Lord, Selma: The Voting Rights Campaign". Civil Rights Movement...

Voting Rights Museum and Institute, Selma, Alabama Voting Rights History Two Centuries of Struggle ~ Civil Rights Movement Archive "Voting Rights", Aclu.org...

especially in the South. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting, and secured voting rights for racial minorities throughout...

vote in elections. While federal law does not prohibit noncitizens from voting in state or local elections, no state has allowed noncitizens to vote in...

complaints from individuals on the difficulties in voting registration and denial of voting rights. Required of the commission were periodic reports to...

The U.S. Congress enacted major amendments to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in 1970, 1975, 1982, 1992, and 2006. Each of these amendments coincided with...

Montgomery to press for voting rights. This activism generated national attention for social justice. That summer, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed...

The voting rights of Indigenous Australians became an issue from the mid-19th century, when responsible government was being granted to Britain's Australian...

Selma to Montgomery marches; and the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Fair Housing Act of 1968, marked significant...

of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment, and its duty to protect voting rights under the Fifteenth Amendment. The legislation was proposed by President...

to establish additional provisions. Aside from addressing voting rights, the Civil Rights Act of 1960 also imposed criminal penalties for obstruction...

of the civil rights movement Timeline of first women's suffrage in majority-Muslim countries Timeline of women's rights (other than voting) Timeline of...

the major historical events during the Civil Rights Movement. He has had solo exhibits at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Art Institute of Chicago...

Civil Rights National Monument List of museums focused on African Americans Mississippi Civil Rights Museum National Civil Rights Museum National Voting Rights...

civil rights, and dedication to enforcing United States antitrust laws. Clark supervised the drafting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and Civil Rights Act...