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The Voting Rights Act of 1965
After years of demonstrations and social upheaval, President Lindon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law. This landmark piece of legislation abolished the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement and allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling places.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major victory of the Civil Rights Movement and greatly decreased disparities in voter registration between white and black Americans.
Information and Image sourced from Encyclopedia Britannica: "Voting Rights Act." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 21 Nov. 2018. academic-eb-com.ezproxy.middlebury.edu/levels/collegiate/article/Voting-Rights-Act/399781.
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