Because Kennedy promised to help pass laws for equal rights for all and end segregation. However he wasn't able to get enough support in congress, particularily with southern democrats ("dixiecrats"). Lyndon Johnson was supposed to help out with that but LBJ didn't do squat for JFK so pretty much none of Kennedy's proposals were listened to -- one notable exception being the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
none Whoever said this is very rude and ignorant. The Question is not how many as in a number, All African Americans are eligible to vote, besides those who are incarcerated and have felonies.
no it was in 1964
African Americans were granted the right to vote,but many of them were subdued to a sharecropper status, and as a result many of them migrated to the West and North. In addition, bulldozing in the Southern states after the war, limited the political power of the African Americans.
Only some African Americans should be able to vote
He didn't. They couldn't vote. It wasn't until the 1960's that African Americans could vote because of the voting rights act.
none Whoever said this is very rude and ignorant. The Question is not how many as in a number, All African Americans are eligible to vote, besides those who are incarcerated and have felonies.
With the government eliminating poll taxes, it allowed many more to be able to vote.
to give African Americans the right to vote
John McCain received about 3% of the African-American vote in 2008.
Many African Americans were elected to office at all levels.
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no it was in 1964
The best candidate.
the right of African Americans to vote was a matter for the states to decide.
He believed that the right of African Americans to vote was a matter for states to decide.
African Americans were granted the right to vote,but many of them were subdued to a sharecropper status, and as a result many of them migrated to the West and North. In addition, bulldozing in the Southern states after the war, limited the political power of the African Americans.
African Americans