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CN- Black Civil Rights Leaders Recall Struggle for Voting Rights 50 Years Ago


CN- Black Civil Rights Leaders Recall Struggle for Voting Rights 50 Years Ago
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Fifty years ago, lawmakers approved, and U.S. President Lyndon Johnson signed, the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The measure outlawed racial discrimination in voting, giving millions of blacks in many parts of the southern United States federal enforcement of the right to vote.

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