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aug 6, 1965 - Voting Rights Act of 1965

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.

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aug 6, 1965
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~ 58 years ago

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