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On August 6, 1965 – at a ceremony with Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, future U.S. Representative John Lewis, and several other civil rights leaders in attendance – Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
President Reagan today signed into law an extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in an East Room ceremony witnessed by many critics of Mr. Reagan's record in race relations and...
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. [7] [8] 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. [7] .
Jun 20, 2024 · Voting Rights Act, U.S. legislation (1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) to the United States Constitution.
Nov 9, 2009 · The Voting Rights Act of 1965, 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...
Apr 12, 2022 · On August 6, 1965 – at a ceremony with Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, future U.S. Representative John Lewis, and several other civil rights leaders in attendance – Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.
Sep 14, 2021 · AN ACT to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act shall be known as the “Voting Rights Act of 1965.”. SEC.
