1965 Voting Rights Act was the foremost event in the history. ... However, the act prohibited literacy tests and poll taxes that had been used to avoid blacks from voting. ... After this, literacy tests or any other manner of voting restrictions were not allowed and the legal representative general received power to run federal elections to promise justice. ...
In the next few pages of this report I will inform you of the history, political significance, and current applications of this core democratic value. ... The law made it illegal for the states to discriminate against black voters with things like literacy tests. Federal examiners could supervise elections in states with a history of discrimination. ... In conclusion of this report about the history of inequality in the United States and how it progressed to equality. ...
No one in recent history has done more for any group of people than King did for the African-American race. ... Three years later, King's nonviolent movement was put to a test in Birmingham, during a protest for fair hiring practices and the desegregation of department-stores. ...
One of the most noted turning points in American History is the Civil Rights Movement. ... For an African American to be able to register to vote they needed to pass a registration test to prove that they were able to comprehend how to vote. ...
The Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a political, legal, and social struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. The Civil Rights movement was first and foremost a challenge to segregation. During the Civil...
While Whites looked back proudly on their achievements in history and culture, Blacks were denied their identity. Their kingdoms and complex societies were ignored in the white man's interpretation of history, there were few publications about their culture and history. ... To keep Blacks from registering to vote, poll taxes were raised, comprehension tests were held and the grandfather-clause was put into practice. ...
