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The 1965 Voting Rights Act was a natural follow on to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Ironically, the 1964 Act had resulted in an outbreak of violence in the South. White racists had launched a campaign against the success that Martin Luther King had had in getting African Americans to register to vote. ... The Act was passed.
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www.historylearningsite.co.uk/1965_voting_rights_act.ht...
www.historylearningsite.co.uk/1965_voting_rights_act.htm
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President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 ... The Voting Rights Act of 1965, grew out of both public protest and private political negotiation. Starting in 1961, CORE joined SCLC in staging nonviolent demonstrations in Georgia, and Birmingham. They hoped to attract national media attention and pressure the U...
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www.core-online.org/History/voting_rights.htm
www.core-online.org/History/voting_rights.htm
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ... Before the Voting Rights Act ... The Effect of the Voting Rights Act...
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www.justice.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro_b.php
www.justice.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro_b.php
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 ... The Voting Rights Act, adopted initially in 1965 and extended in 1970, 1975, and 1982, is generally considered the most successful piece of civil rights legislation ever adopted by the United States Congress.
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www.justice.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro.php
www.justice.gov/crt/voting/intro/intro.php
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An Act Imposing Duties on Tonnage : July 20 1789 ... Civil Rights Act; July 2, 1964 ... Voting Rights Act; August 6, 1965...
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avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/statutes.asp
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Because 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 Reconstruction period following the Civil War, it was immediately challenged in the courts.
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www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=100
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www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=100
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As an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Andrew Young helped draft the legislation that became the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Young talks with Scott Simon about the ongoing fight to protect minorities' voting rights. ... It has been 40 years since Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Blacks in the United States...
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www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4788074
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