Artifact
Voting Rights Act Gets International Attention
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 forbid literacy tests and other requirements that were used to deny blacks the right to vote in the South after the Civil War.
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Artifact Date
March 16, 1965
Topic(s)
- Civil Rights
