Voting Rights Act of 1965
08/06/1965 AD enacted
Landmark piece of federal legislation in the US that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
It was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson during the height of the civil rights movement on August 6, 1965, and Congress later amended the Act five times to expand its protections.
Designed to enforce the voting rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Act sought to secure the right to vote for racial minorities throughout the country, especially in the South.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the Act is considered to be the most effective piece of federal civil rights legislation ever enacted in the country. It is also "one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history."
Lattitude: 38.9072° N
Longitude: 77.0369° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ, Lyndon Baines Johnson) 36th President of the Un...
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