Aug 6, 2017
52 years ago today, President Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965 making it illegal to impose laws that denied African Americans the right to vote. The federal legislation provided enforcement of the rights already granted in 1870 in the Constitution's 15th Amendment, but suppressed by state and local laws. #votingrightsact #lyndonbjohnson #civilrightsmovement #makebeingblackinamericalegal #gerrymandering #votersuppression #literacytests