6 ago 1965 ano - Voting Rights Act

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- signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson
- aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- considered one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history

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