Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the ...

On this day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health ...

August 6 is the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. Let us honor the sacrifices of the past by recommitting ourselves ...

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ended the discriminatory practices against Black voters that were prevalent in many states.

Sixty years ago, on Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. This was one of the most ...

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed Medicare into law, dedicating it to former President Harry Truman, who "planted the seeds of compassion." ...

Sixty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1965 Voting Rights Act saying, “The denial of the right to vote ...

March 13, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson, center, and Alabama Gov. George Wallace (second left) are surrounded by reporters in the White House after meeting to discuss events in Selma, Ala.

President Lyndon B. Johnson invoked that authority in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery. That incident is now in the spotlight ...