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may 6, 1960 - Civil Rights Act

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the president passed the Civil Rights act which was a new federal law that established federal inspection of local voter registration polls and would penalize anyone who obstructed someone from registering to vote. It was designed to deal with discrimination in the segregated South.

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may 6, 1960
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~ 65 years ago

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