EPISODE · Aug 6, 2026
6th August 1965: Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act into law during the height of the Civil Rights movement
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The Voting Rights Act outlawed literacy tests and authorised federal officials to oversee voter registration in jurisdictions with a history of discrimination, resulting in a substantial increase in voter registration and political participation among African Americans in the years that ...
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