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Reform of Electoral System

United States of America · Politics / Civil Rights. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1965

Martin Luther King1965

Politics / Civil Rights

Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting

Names involved

Martin Luther King

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