America 250 Voting Rights
Dennis Dahmer, whose father Vernon Dahmer, Sr. was killed when the Ku Klux Klan firebombed the family home 1966, speaks about seeing his father dying in the hospital, in Hattiesburg, Miss., Wednesday, June 3, 2026.
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It's been six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted. Today, as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the sacrifices of those who died for that landmark law are in question. A series of Supreme Court rulings over the past dozen years, including one in April, has effectively dismantled the law. And that has both angered and saddened family members of those who died to promote equal voting rights. Those emotions come from seeing the reversal of a milestone political victory from decades ago. But they're also committed to keep fighting.