Civil rights leaders Floyd B. McKissick (fore, L), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (C) and Stokely Carmichael marching through Mississippi to encourage voter registration. (Photo by Vernon Merritt III/Getty Images) By Donna M. Owens ·August 6, 2021August 6, 2021
The past and present collide today, August 6, with the 56th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The landmark legislation, signed into law by then-President Lyndon B. Johnson, served to enforce the
