It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. ... This “act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified.
Answer: it was signed it it’s law by president Lyndon B. Johnson, Aimee to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th amendment to the U.S. the voting act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the u.s that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. The act was signed into law August 6th 1965.
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