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gptkbp:instanceOf
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legislation
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gptkbp:amends
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1970
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gptkbp:appliesTo
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employment
public accommodations
federal programs
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:enforces
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gptkb:U.S._Attorney_General
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice
federal courts
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1968
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance
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landmark legislation
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Civil Rights Act of 1965
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gptkbp:impact
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voting rights
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
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gptkbp:inspiredBy
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gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
March on Washington
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gptkbp:keyFigures
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gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:Al_Sharpton
gptkb:C.T._Vivian
gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkb:Bobby_Seale
gptkb:James_Bevel
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Jesse_Jackson
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_III
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Kamala_Harris
gptkb:Huey_P._Newton
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Stokely_Carmichael
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:Dorothy_Height
gptkb:Julian_Bond
gptkb:Coretta_Scott_King
gptkb:Marian_Wright_Edelman
Whitney Young
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gptkbp:mandates
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federal oversight of voter registration
prohibition of literacy tests
protection against discrimination in education
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gptkbp:operates
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gptkb:U.S._federal_government
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gptkbp:opposedBy
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Southern Democrats
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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gptkbp:purpose
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prohibit racial discrimination
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
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gptkbp:resultedIn
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increased voter registration
reduced racial discrimination
greater_political_representation_for_African_Americans
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gptkbp:signature
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gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
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gptkbp:supportedBy
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gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:NAACP
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gptkbp:yearEstablished
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August 6, 1965
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