aug 6, 1965 - Voting Rights Act

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Despite the fifteenth and nineteenth amendments to the constitution, which emancipated black men and women from the right to vote, in the south of the country there were ways to curb African American bureaucracy and legal rights. For example, electoral fees and illiteracy tests.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 came about through protests. The effects of this law were very powerful, with it the application of illiteracy tests was prohibited and extended the vote to Americans who did not speak English. Despite some setbacks and
debates, the Voting Rights Act had a huge impact. He renegotiated black southerners, helping to elect African Americans at the local, state and national levels.

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