The Voting Rights Act

This Voting Rights Act was signed into law on Aug. 6, 1965, by President Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. This act to enforce the 15th amendment to the Constitution was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified.

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