aug 6, 1965 - Voting rights acts

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Summary: prohibits racial discrimination in voting and enforce the voting rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments
People involved: signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
Where: Washington DC to all of America
Cause: There were so many legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented blacks from voting; Johnson did not approve and wanted to create progress
Effect: secured the right to vote for racial minorities throughout the country, even in the South, which had had a lot of resistance to rules like this before

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