Designed to enforce the 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 …

Nov 9, 2009 · The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African …

Feb 8, 2022 · The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was the most significant statutory change in the relationship between the federal and state governments in the area of voting since the …

Jan 17, 2025 · 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 …

Sep 14, 2021 · It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. Read more at Our …

Jul 28, 2017 · President Johnson issued a call for a strong voting rights law and hearings began soon thereafter on the bill that would become the Voting Rights Act. Congress determined that …

The Voting Rights Act (VRA) (codified at 52 U.S.C. Subtitle I) prohibits certain discriminatory voting practices. Congress passed the VRA during the civil rights movement in 1965 with the …

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". SEC. 2.

Jul 20, 2015 · The Voting Rights Act is a landmark federal law enacted in 1965 to remove race-based restrictions on voting. It is perhaps the country’s most important voting rights law, with a …

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 expanded the 14th and 15th amendments by banning racial discrimination in voting practices. The act was a response to the barriers that prevented …