Voting Rights Act of 1965 Original Document

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Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965. This law was created to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned such discriminatory practices as literacy tests for voters. Click here to enlarge this image.

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