Democracy Quote by James T. Patterson

The Supreme Court 2013 ruling that gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act set in motion what many feared: the subjection of minorities, seniors, and…

— Marc Veasey

Democrats and Republicans reauthorized the 1965 Voting Rights Act unanimously in 2006. In two rulings since then, the Supreme Court has taken a sledgehammer…

— Jonathan Capehart

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 laid the foundation for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but it also addressed nearly every other aspect…

— Aberjhani

Black men and women were not allowed to register to vote. My own mother, my own father, my grandfather and my uncles and aunts…

— John Lewis

We passed the Voting Rights Act of Virginia, which restores and builds on key provisions of the 1965 federal Voting Rights Act that was…

— Ralph Northam

“We have created a new caste system that forces thousands of people into homelessness, bans them from living with their families and in their…

— Bryan Stevenson

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was indeed a vital instrument of democracy, ensuring the integrity and reliability of a democratic process that we…

— Anonymous

“Later that year, the Voting Rights Act opened the door for thousands to register for the first time.”

— Junius Williams

“But where Lincoln’s absent hand was felt most keenly was in race relations. Black codes were passed in state after state across the South—as…

— Jay Winik

In Selma, Alabama, in 1965, only 2.1 percent of blacks of voting age were registered to vote. The only place you could attempt to…

— John Lewis

We rely on our voter registration studies to warn states that they are failing to comply with the requirements of the National Voter Registration…

— Tom Fitton

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.

— Lisa Murkowski