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aug 6, 1965 - Voting Rights Act

Description:

-tests preventing US citizens from voting (e.g. literacy tests) banned

-federal government given power to oversee voter registration

-much more effective than previous legislation; local governments couldn't defy federal government to stop blacks voting

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Date:

aug 6, 1965
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~ 60 years ago