The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated literacy tests and stated that federal examiners could enroll voters who had been denied suffrage by local officials.
It was a companion bill to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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A law passed during Lyndon B. Johnson's administration that gave the federal government the power to get involved in state and local elections to prevent racial discrimination in voting.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Civil Rights Act of 1964
It accomplished the right to vote, and have sex
It started in 1876 and ended in 1965 due to The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and The Voting Rights act in 1965.
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