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The Voting Rights Act granted the federal government broad federal oversight of elections to prevent states for unfairly disenfranchising voters on a racial basis. It banned discriminatory tactics such as literacy tests and poll taxes, which Southern states had used to prevent blacks from registering to vote.

The Voting Rights Act granted the federal government broad federal oversight of elections to prevent states for unfairly disenfranchising voters on a racial basis. It banned discriminatory tactics such as literacy tests and poll taxes, which Southern states had used to prevent blacks from registering to vote.

The voting act of 1965 is sighned.

United States Department of JusticeCivil Rights DivisionVoting Section Introduction To Federal Voting Rights Laws The Voting Rights Act of 1965 The 1965 Enactment By 1965 concerted efforts to break the grip of state disfranchisement had been under way for some time, but had achieved only modest success overall and in some areas had proved almost entirely ineffectual.

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. This "act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution" was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified.

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. This "act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution" was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified.

The Road to Civil Rights The Voting Rights Act of 1965 The march from Selma to Montgomery on U.S. 80, the deaths of Jackson, Reeb, and Liuzzo, and the President's commitment kept the Voting Rights Act moving forward. In the Senate, Southern opponents staged a 24-day filibuster. Reporter E. W.

On 6 August 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, calling the day ''a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield'' (Johnson, ''Remarks in the Capitol Rotunda'').

On 6 August 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, calling the day ''a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield'' (Johnson, ''Remarks in the Capitol Rotunda'').

Back to Civil Rights main page Voting Rights North and South, throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Civil Rights activists campaigned for laws preventing discrimination in education, employment, housing and voting rights. In 1963, the effort to register voters in Alabama intensified. Black citizens who tried to register encountered great obstacles - poll taxes, literacy tests and lengthy questionnaires.

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CongressLink is a resource for teachers that provides information about the U.S. Congress -- how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces. The site also hosts lesson plans and reference and historical materials related to congressional topics.

CongressLink is a resource for teachers that provides information about the U.S. Congress -- how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces. The site also hosts lesson plans and reference and historical materials related to congressional topics.

Full title An act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes.

The modern Civil Rights Movement is often marked as beginning with the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision banning school segregation or the day in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to move from a bus seat in Montgomery, AL and ends with the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act or with the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.