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Bookmark or Share- Voting Rights Act (1965) - National ArchivesThe Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the most significant statutory change in the relationship between the federal and state governments in the area of voting since the Reconstruction period following the Civil War; and it was immediately challenged in the courts.
- Voting Rights Act | Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaVoting Rights Act is a piece of 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.
- Voting Rights Act of 1965 | The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and ...The Voting Rights Act of 1965 abolished literacy tests and poll taxes designed to disenfranchise African American voters and gave the federal government the authority to take over voter registration in counties with a pattern of persistent discrimination.
- Voting Rights Act of 1965 - WikipediaOn the seventh day of March, in the landmark case of South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966), the Supreme Court held that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a constitutional method to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment.
- Voting Rights Act of 1965 ‑ Definition, Summary & Significance - HISTORYThe 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...
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