1965 - Voting rights for African AmericansAugust 6 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that have been responsible for widespread discrimination in the voting rights of African Americans.
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