On August 6, 1965, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, President Lyndon Johnson signed The Voting Rights Act of 1965, which prohibited racial discrimination in voting. Although the Fifteenth Amendment had already given male African American citizens the right to vote, many Southern states had various forms of intimidation and violence, including literacy tests, to suppress their vote. The Voting Rights Act finally provided a means to fight voter restrictions and encourage more African Americans to go to the polls. Since its passing, the Voting Rights Act has been viewed as one of the most important pieces of legislation in American history. Looking back at it now, did the Voting Rights Act meet the goals that it had set? Please see if you can make this better Name: Redacted due to Study.com rules. 25 September 2018 Study.com Research Proposal In 1965 President Johnson signed into law the Voting rights Act of 1965. In the fifty-three years since the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 there has been many debates as to if minority ability to participate in the Constitutionally granted right has increased or declined.
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