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aug 6, 1965 - Voting Rights Act

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This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. 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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~ 59 years ago