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Event to spotlight Voting Rights Act

The Aug. 6 commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act will be held at the old Fayette County Courthouse. The event is scheduled to last from 5-8 p.m. and plans includes a voter registration drive, choir singing, poetry reading, introduction of elected officials and a brief address by a prominent civil rights era figure across the street at the gazebo at the Fayette County Government Stonewall Complex.

Citizens will be able to register to vote, ask questions, and get information on upcoming elections. An NAACP membership enrollment campaign will be held simultaneously with the Voter Registration Drive at a separate table. Non-members of the NAACP are welcome to sign up and old members can renew their membership.

NAACP membership is open to people of all races who believe in freedom, justice, and equality. Call 770-460-9934 for more information.

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 cleared the way for unprecedented federal protection of the right to vote. The legislation was passed with bipartisan support and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson Aug. 6, 1965. Certain key provisions of the Voting Rights Act are set to expire in 2007 and civil rights groups are mounting a massive effort to get Congress and the executive branch to reauthorize those provisions.