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Civil Rights Movement

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  • March On Washington (MLK)

    March On Washington (MLK)
    A political demonstration held in Washington, D.C., in 1963 by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress.

  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    The amendment that outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections2 by a vote of 295 to 86.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed 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. Constitution.