Fannie Lou Hamer

How the Voting Rights Act Came to Be

Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in Shelby County v. Holder, the case that will determine the constitutionality of Section 5  of the Voting Rights Act. Signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965, the Voting Rights Act represented a significant achievement for the young activists of the Civil Rights Movement. Section 5 forces states and select […]