Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Wikipedia Designed to enforce voting rights protected by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, the Act sought to secure the right to vote for racial minorities throughout the country, especially in the South
Voting Rights Act (1965) | National Archives 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
VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965 - GovInfo Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act shall be known as the ‘‘Voting Rights Act of 1965’’
Voting Rights Act | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Voting Rights Act, U S legislation (August 6, 1965) that aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States
Voting Rights Act of 1965 - U. S. Senate No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the rlght of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color
The Voting Rights Act of 1965: A Nation’s Struggle for the Ballot Signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson on August 6, 1965, it was designed to give teeth to the Fifteenth Amendment’s promise that voting rights could not be denied based on race—a promise that had been systematically undermined for nearly a century
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA): History and Timeline On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act (VRA) into law, enshrining protections for voters across the country who were historically denied access to the ballot box