January 1, 2024
Fifteenth Amendment battles persist 155 years after ratification
155 years after ratification, voting rights still under attack
✊Civil Rights📚Historical Precedent⚖️Justice
Black voter registration jumped from 7% to 67% after 1965 Voting Rights Act
27 people died fighting for voting rights, including Medgar Evers
Three young men killed in Mississippi for registering Black voters
Areas with VRA enforcement saw Black-white wage gaps narrow by 30%
Voting Rights Act transformed democracy in just 5 years
Economic progress directly followed expansion of voting rights
Federal protections proven effective when actually enforced
✊Civil Rights📚Historical Precedent⚖️Justice
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The Voting Rights Act was the first federal law to protect voting rights for Black Americans.
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The Voting Rights Act required _____ states with histories of discrimination to get _____ before changing voting laws. This prevented _____ discriminatory changes over _____ years.
Q3
The 15th Amendment was ratified on February 3, 1870, prohibiting denial of the vote based on race, color, or previous servitude.
Q4
The Supreme Court decision in Shelby County v. Holder was issued on August 6, 1965.
Q5
On ____ , President ____ signed the Voting Rights Act, banning literacy tests and authorizing federal oversight of election law changes.
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Medgar Evers
Civil Rights Leader
Lyndon B. Johnson
President