The Voting Rights Act of 1965

The voting rights act of 1965 was an act This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War.

What it did

• Prohibited literacy tets

• Allowed minorities to fight gerrymandering

• African american voting increased asa result.

Eforcement:

• Allowed the attorney general to investigate poling places that may attempt to continue poll taxes.

• The enforcement has a mechanism called pre clearance requirement. This made states not able to make slight adjustments to make AA not able to vote.

24th Amenment

• States that any citizen of the US had the right to vote, and should not be allowed to not vote due to poll tax.

• This was important because African Americans in the south faced significant discrimination, and they were poor so this stopped them from voting.

Current day effects:

• It shut down the jim crow laws that prevented literacy tests that prevented African Americans from voting.

• Ended segregation in public places.

March on Washington

• Took place Auguts 28 1963

• More than200,000 americans

• Intended to shed light on political and social challenges faced by African Americans and minorities.

• At this very march was where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made is "I Have a Dream" speech that has since, changed the world today.