National Voting Rights Act of 1965

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:amended_by gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_1982
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_1975
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Amendments_of_1970
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_Reauthorization_and_Amendments_Act_of_2006
gptkbp:effective_date August 6, 1965
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:legislation
gptkbp:enforces gptkb:U._S._Department_of_Justice
gptkbp:historical_significance landmark legislation in civil rights movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Voting Rights Act of 1965
gptkbp:impact increased voter registration among African Americans
gptkbp:includes_provisions_for prohibits racial discrimination in voting
gptkbp:key_figures gptkb:Rashida_Tlaib
gptkb:Ilhan_Omar
gptkb:John_Lewis
gptkb:Marva_Collins
gptkb:Andrew_Young
gptkb:Loretta_Lynch
gptkb:Tammy_Baldwin
gptkb:Vanita_Gupta
gptkb:Catherine_Cortez_Masto
gptkb:Condoleezza_Rice
gptkb:Jamaal_Bowman
gptkb:Amy_Klobuchar
gptkb:Angela_Y._Davis
gptkb:Bobby_Seale
gptkb:James_Bevel
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Oprah_Winfrey
gptkb:Stacey_Abrams
gptkb:Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Cori_Bush
gptkb:Ella_Baker
gptkb:Maxine_Waters
gptkb:Maria_Cantwell
gptkb:A._Philip_Randolph
gptkb:Angela_Davis
gptkb:Jackie_Rosen
gptkb:Michelle_Obama
gptkb:Pramila_Jayapal
gptkb:Susan_Rice
gptkb:Bayard_Rustin
gptkb:Kamala_Harris
gptkb:Barbara_Jordan
gptkb:Huey_P._Newton
gptkb:Fannie_Lou_Hamer
gptkb:Assata_Shakur
gptkb:Maggie_Hassan
gptkb:Malcolm_X
gptkb:Rosa_Parks
gptkb:Dianne_Feinstein
gptkb:Elizabeth_Warren
gptkb:Stokely_Carmichael
gptkb:Alexandria_Ocasio-Cortez
gptkb:Katie_Porter
gptkb:Shirley_Chisholm
gptkb:Barbara_Boxer
gptkb:Diane_Nash
gptkb:Patty_Murray
gptkb:Julian_Bond
gptkb:Ayanna_Pressley
gptkb:Tina_Smith
gptkb:Nina_Turner
gptkb:C._T._Vivian
gptkb:Lauren_Underwood
gptkb:Deb_Haaland
gptkb:Ketanji_Brown_Jackson
gptkb:Kirsten_Gillibrand
gptkb:Kwame_Nkrumah
gptkb:Kristen_Gillibrand
gptkbp:legal_issue gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkbp:legislation gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1993
gptkb:Help_America_Vote_Act_of_2002
gptkbp:purpose eliminate barriers to voting for African Americans
gptkbp:signed_by gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4