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15th amendment
The 65 voting rights act wasn't an amendment, but a bill passed by congress.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 strengthened the 15th Amendment by prohibiting laws that allowed discrimination in voting. Many laws of this sort were being used to discriminate racially at the time.
The 15th amendment, The Civil Rights Act of 1965, The Voting Rights Act of 1965, The Voting Rights Act Amendments of 1970, 1975, and most recently 1982.
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the 15th admendment
the voting rights act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a major step forward in Civil Right for African-American. Although the won the right to vote with the 14th Amendment, the VRA helped end racial discrimination in voting.
Some famous laws passed by Congress are the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights of 1965. The Homeland Security Act and the Do-Not-Call Implementation Act of 2003 are other laws passed by Congress.
The civil rights laws and voting rights laws gave African Americans the voting rights in 1965. This was a hundred years after the civil war amendments and 45 years after women got the rights to vote.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 granted African Americans the legal right to vote.
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