Justice Department Launches Updated Voting Rights and Elections Website

Justice Department Launches Updated Voting Rights and Elections Website

Press Release: April 18, 2024 New and Updated Voting Rights Resources for Voters and Election Officials Released The Justice Department announced today that it has updated www.justice.gov/voting, a one-stop resource providing voting and elections information for voters as well as state and local elections officials. As part of the update, the Civil Rights Division published two new informational guides on voting rights and updated five other guides. The Department’s longstanding practice is to update resources and provide information in election years on the efforts of the Civil Rights Division, Criminal Division, National Security Division, and U.S. Attorneys’ Offices throughout the country,…
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Who Tells Martin Luther King “Thanks But No Thanks?” – Explore this Civil Rights History Project

Who Tells Martin Luther King “Thanks But No Thanks?” – Explore this Civil Rights History Project

In this 50th year following the enactment of the Voting Rights Act a new website has launched that will peer deep into the roots of the civil rights movement that sparked the nationwide call for racial justice. Duke University collaborates for the first time with SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) founding members to provide more than just a timeline and recount of history. (more…)
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