All Posts Tagged With: "Voting Rights Act of 1965"
Joan E. Cashin on LBJ and race
In August we observe the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The bill, one of the greatest achievements of LBJ’s term, is celebrated for making the suffrage a reality for millions of black voters.
Many people were surprised that Johnson turned out to be so progressive on the issue [...]
Charles L. Zelden on the Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 6 is the 43rd anniversary of the signing into law of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Designed to combat race-based (and as later amended, ethnic-based) discrimination in voting, the act has proven to be one of the most successful pieces of civil rights legislation ever adopted. In fact, one can argue that the [...]
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Doc of the Day: Voting Rights Act of 1965
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. The act employed various measures and procedures to restore suffrage to excluded minority voters in the South and later in the nation as a whole. In doing this, the Voting Rights Act permitted, and even required, the federal government to [...]
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