For nearly 90 years, Black Americans were kept from the polls across the South with the use of literacy tests, poll taxes, and violence.
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Today in 1870, the 15 Amendment was ratified. It bars federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote, based on race. #OTD #BlackHistoryMonth
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The Voting Rights Act, which prohibits racial discrimination in voting, was signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965. The VRA provided Black citizens with legal recourse to challenge discriminatory voting changes.
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The removal of key sections in the VRA led to states enacting discriminatory voting laws designed to suppress the political power of low-income, minority, and elderly voters.
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