
Laws and legislation


Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992 (H.R. 4312, H. Res. 522)

Introduction of H. R. 4002 to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965

Voting Rights Poster and Man on Grass
An African American man lays on the grass under an American flag. Behind him stands a "Support Voting Rights Now!" Poster.

Civil rights

Introduction of H.R. 12262 (H. R. 4249) to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965

The 1965 Voting Rights Act

Regional indeed

Extension of Voting Rights Act H.R. 4249

Extending Voting Rights Act of 1965, H. Res. 914, H. R. 4249

Woman Looking at a Sample Voting Ballot
An African American woman reads a sample ballot during a class for new voters at an Alabama church. Civil rights groups held classes in Alabama and Mississippi about voting and registration after enactment of the Voting Rights Act.

Registrar Fills Out Form
Federal voter registrar Louis Searson fills out a form for a prospective Negro voter as others wait their turn in Canton, Mississippi. The Supreme Court returned to the bench on January 17th to hear a massive Southern challenge of the validity of the 1965 Voting...