Permanent historical factsheet

Voting Rights Act

Name: Voting Rights Act – United States factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

United States · Government / Democratic Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1965Date range

1Named people

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Chronological records

1965

Lyndon Baines Johnson1965

Washington · Government / Democratic Party Government

The Voting Rights Act is passed

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Provenance

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