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aug 10, 1965 - Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965

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the act makesit easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal.

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aug 10, 1965
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~ 60 years ago