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Nov 9, 2009 · The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from...
5 days ago · Voting Rights Act is a piece of U.S. legislation (1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) to the United States Constitution.
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Voting Rights Act, Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1965 to ensure the voting rights of Black Americans.
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Jul 20, 2015 · The Voting Rights Act is a landmark federal law enacted in 1965 to remove race-based restrictions on voting. It is perhaps the country’s most important voting rights law, with a history that dates to the Civil War.
Apr 25, 2023 · After passing the VRA in 1965, Congress amended the law in 1970, 1975, 1982, 1992, and 2006. On these occasions, the House and Senate agreed that unique federal action was necessary to protect voting rights for racial minorities and members of certain language-minority groups.
Aug 26, 2022 · On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, legislation that sought to remove the discriminatory obstacles placed by states and localities to prevent Black residents from voting.
Jul 26, 2019 · The Voting Rights Act of 1965, August 6, 1965. By July 1965 each chamber of Congress had passed its own voting rights bill. The two bills were merged in a conference committee as S. 1564. The House passed the bill on August 3, 328-74. The Senate agreed to the amendments the next day, 79-18.
