6 agos 1965 año - Voting Rights Act of 1965
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Prohibited racial discrimination with voting by outlawing literacy tests and polling taxes. The federal government could also oversee voting in areas with low black voting rates to ensure that the discrimination did not continue.
By 1968, African American voters in the South jumped from 1 to 3 million.
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