Topic: Voting Rights Act

Will the Scottsboro Boys get a posthumous pardon?

The Alabama legislature voted unanimously to grant posthumous pardons for the 'Scottsboro Boys,' nine black teens wrongly convicted of raping two white women in 1931. The pardons now await the governor's approval.

Is Massachusetts more racist than Mississippi, as Chief Justice Roberts hints?

Rosa Parks honored with statue (+video)

Voting Rights Act case: Supreme Court questioning is lively, pointed (+video)

Opinion To protect democracy, Supreme Court must fully uphold Voting Rights Act

Voting Rights Act: Is major portion outdated? Supreme Court to hear arguments.

Robert Reich Immigration, corporations, and the real debate over US citizenship

How well do you know MLK? Take the quiz!

Lawrence Guyot, civil rights leader, dies after decades of activism

Immigration reform: Can the GOP really win Hispanic votes with a flip-flop?

Voting Rights Act: Why many Southern states are glad of Supreme Court case

Supreme Court to rule on scope of federal powers in Voting Rights Act case

Whose votes count, whose don't? The legal landscape before Election Day

As US Supreme Court opens, all eyes on Chief Justice John Roberts

South Carolina voter ID law goes before panel of judges

Judge tosses Wisconsin union reform: Why judges are dismantling the GOP agenda

Early voting: Why Justice dropped its challenge of Florida plan

Federal court rules against Texas voter photo ID law

Opinion The conservative case against voter ID laws

Court: Some Florida early-voting plans undermine minority voting

An angst-filled Civil War anniversary in Mississippi

Decoder Wire Mitt Romney addresses NAACP. How many black votes might he win? (+video)

Attorney General Eric Holder, in Texas, slams state's voter ID law

Chief Justice Roberts: A more nuanced view after healthcare ruling

Emancipation Proclamation fetches $2.1 million at auction