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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 February 2025. This article is about the year 1965. For other uses, see 1965 (disambiguation). 1965 January February March April May June July August September October November December From left to right, top to bottom A flag of Gambia after gaining independence from United Kingdom ; February 18, 1965 ...
In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It is passed by the Senate on May 26, the House on July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson on August 6.
March 17 - In response to the events of March 7 and 9 in Selma, Alabama, President Lyndon B. Johnson sends a bill to Congress that forms the basis for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It is passed by the Senate May 26, the House July 10, and signed into law by President Johnson August 6.
In addition, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 had an immediate impact on federal, state and local elections. Within months of its passage on August 6, 1965, one quarter of a million new black voters had been registered, one third by federal examiners. Within four years, voter registration in the South had more than doubled. In 1965, Mississippi ...
October 1965 events in the United States (1 C, 2 P) November 1965 events in the United States (1 C, 10 P) December 1965 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P)
1965 – Higher Education Act of 1965; 1965 – Malcolm X, an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist is assassinated in Harlem, New York; 1965 – The Watts riots in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, lasts six days and is the first of several major urban riots due to racial issues.
1965 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1965 disestablishments in the United States (41 C, 10 P) 1965 establishments in the United States (58 C, 48 P) A.
October 1965 events in the United States (1 C, 2 P) November 1965 events in the United States (1 C, 10 P) December 1965 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P)