August 6 in American History
President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, banning literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had suppressed Black voter turnout across the South for decades. Turnout in targeted states rose dramatically within a single election cycle.
In 1965: the Voting Rights Act is signed. President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, banning literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had suppressed Black voter turnout across the South for decades.
President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, banning literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had suppressed Black voter turnout across the South for decades. Turnout in targeted states rose dramatically within a single election cycle.
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