Walter Edgar's Journal
Fifty Years On: the Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editor: Podcast
- Duración: 0:52:20
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Sinopsis
The Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in August of1965. This landmark legislation aimed to eliminate obstacles created by state and local governments to keep African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution.
