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  2. Black suffrage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965. African Americans were fully enfranchised in practice throughout the United States by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.Prior to the Civil War and the Reconstruction Amendments to the U.S. Constitution, some Black people in the United States had the right to vote, but this right was often abridged or taken away.

  3. Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    However, support for H.R. 7896 dissipated after William M. Tuck (D-VA) publicly said he preferred H.R. 7896 because the Voting Rights Act would legitimately ensure that African Americans could vote. His statement alienated most supporters of H.R. 7896, and the bill failed on the House floor by a 171–248 vote on July 9. [ 51 ]

  4. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Iowa restores the voting rights of felons who completed their prison sentences. [59] Nebraska ends lifetime disenfranchisement of people with felonies but adds a five-year waiting period. [62] 2006. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended for the fourth time by President George W. Bush, being the second extension of 25 years. [64]

  5. The Voting Rights Act is still under siege 55 years later - AOL

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    The Voting Rights Act turned 55 on August 6, commemorating when President Lyndon Johnson signed it into law to ensure voting rights for African-Americans. It was, “by far one of the most ...

  6. Voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    U.S. presidential election popular vote totals as a percentage of the total U.S. population. Note the surge in 1828 (extension of suffrage to non-property-owning white men), the drop from 1890 to 1910 (when Southern states disenfranchised most African Americans and many poor whites), and another surge in 1920 (extension of suffrage to women).

  7. Black suffrage - Wikipedia

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    In fall 1920, many Black women showed up at the polls, but many existing hurdles for African Americans were particularly cumbersome in repressing . [2] Only after the passage of the Twenty-fourth Amendment and the Voting Rights Act in 1964 and 1965 did the exercise of the vote become more or less equal for Black women.

  8. People died getting voting rights for Black men and women. It ...

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    Three young men in Mississippi were killed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1964 because they were helping to register Black men and women to vote.

  9. Voter suppression in the United States - Wikipedia

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    After the American Civil War, all African-American men were granted voting rights, but poll taxes or language tests were used to limit and suppress the ability to register or cast a ballot. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 improved voting access.