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Supreme Court ruling: The latest in history of diminishing minority voting rights

  • Written by Robert D. Bland, Assistant Professor of History and Africana Studies, University of Tennessee
imageThe Supreme Court issued a significant ruling that could limit minority voting rights in states across the country.Bloomberg Creative via Getty Images

Divided along ideological lines, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29, 2026, issued a ruling that severely weakens a provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965. That provision, known as...

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