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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 10:48:38+00:00

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The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) commemorates this consequential day in the history of our democracy: the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Smith, who was denied the right to vote by a local election judge in the Democratic primary.
participate in the choice of elected officials without restriction by any state because of race.
despite fond hopes, has not resulted in full participation by all in the political life of the South.
Americans registered to vote, few African Americans could take advantage of the 1944 ruling.
court and on appeal in Elmore v. Rice (1947).
literacy test unconstitutional in Schnell v. Davis (1949). LDF won another victory in Terry v.
Americans of their right to vote in violation of the Fifteenth Amendment. Later, in Gomillion v.
Alabama as a device to disenfranchise black citizens.
LDF played a significant role during the momentous year that produced the Voting Rights Act.
Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
others to share in the process of democracy.
congressional and state legislative redistricting, Beer v. United States (1976); Thornburg v.
Education for over a century.
and critical role in upholding our democratic principles.
another formula to redress voting discrimination based on current data reflecting current needs.
discriminatory impact against voters of color, citing uncontroverted racial disparities.
democracy, when the vision and struggle of everyday Americans changed the course of history.
Civil Rights Groups Letter of Recommendations to Gov. Leaders on Improving Accountability Systems in Public Ed.

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