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Voting Rights Act of 1965 Documents


	Voting Rights Act of 1965 This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. First Document Image Second Document Image Back to Main Page for this Document


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