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Voting Rights ActAct passed by the U.S. Congress in 1965 to ensure the voting rights of African Americans. Though the Constitution's 15th Amendment (passed 1870) had guaranteed the right to vote regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude,” African Americans in the South faced efforts to disenfranchise them, including poll taxes and literacy tests, as late as the 1960s, when the civil rights movement focused national attention on infringements of their voting rights; Congress responded with the Voting Rights Act, which prohibited Southern states from using literacy tests to determine eligibility to vote. Later laws prohibited literacy tests in all states and made poll taxes illegal in state and local elections. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | The 1965 Voting Rights Act signaled the end of his political career. of Maryland-College Park) describes the efforts of black groups who have pushed the possibilities of the 1965 Voting Rights Act to the limits of its effectiveness with respect to voter turnout, among them Black labor, the Black church, and broad political coalitions. The 1965 Voting Rights Act addressed these issues in a comprehensive way. |
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