Voting Rights Act of 1965 faces new threats to survival : NPR | NYGazet

Sixty years after the Voting Rights Act became a landmark law against racial discrimination, legal challenges heading to the Supreme Court could curtail its remaining protections for minority voters.

60 years later, Voting Rights Act protections for minority voters face new threats toggle caption Yoichi Okamoto/Lyndon B. Johnson Library Otis Wilson had enough with talking and decided to go to court. His Louisiana town of St. Francisville, north o... [11257 chars]