Lyndon Baines Johnson6 August 1965
Signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965, outlawing discriminatory voting practices including literacy tests.
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Signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965, outlawing discriminatory voting practices including literacy tests.
Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, which suspends (later bans) literacy tests and other restrictions to prevent blacks from voting
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