
Laws and legislation


Voting Rights Extension Act

National Voter Registration Act of 1989 (H. Res. 309, H.R. 2190)

Signing of the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006
US President George W. Bush (C) signs H.R. 9, the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006 as members of Congress watch on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, July 27, 2006. The...

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.