In 1965 the US Congress passed the Voting Rights Act. This ended the disenfranchisement of large numbers of African Americans in the southern states of the USA. It outlawed various methods these states had used to prevent African Americans from voting in local and national elections and guaranteed their constitutional right to vote. The impact of the Voting Rights Act was immediate. It resulted in both increased registration of African Americans to vote and many more African-American representatives being elected.
Extract from A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn:
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