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aug 6, 1965 - Voting Rights Act of 1965

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This put teeth into the 5th amendment by providing federal supervision of voter registration. 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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~ 60 years ago