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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_federal_law
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gptkbp:affects
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voting rights in the United States
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gptkbp:amendedBy
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1970
1975
1982
1992
2006
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gptkbp:codifiedIn
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gptkb:52_U.S.C._§§_10301–10314
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gptkbp:enactedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Congress
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gptkbp:enforcedBy
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gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Voting Rights Act
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gptkbp:impact
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increased voter registration among minorities
reduction of discriminatory voting practices
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:VRA
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gptkbp:notableCase
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gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkb:Brnovich_v._Democratic_National_Committee
gptkb:South_Carolina_v._Katzenbach
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gptkbp:prohibits
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discriminatory voting practices
literacy tests for voting
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gptkbp:protectedBy
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minority voters
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gptkbp:publicLawNumber
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gptkb:Pub.L._89–110
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gptkbp:purpose
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prohibit racial discrimination in voting
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Help_America_Vote_Act
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkb:National_Voter_Registration_Act_of_1993
gptkb:Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:renewable
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1970
1975
1982
2006
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gptkbp:section
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Section 2
Section 4
Section 5
Section 203
Section 208
Section 3(c)
Section 4(b)
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gptkbp:signedBy
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gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
August 6, 1965
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gptkbp:subjectOf
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books
documentaries
historical analysis
numerous Supreme Court cases
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gptkbp:title
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gptkb:An_Act_to_enforce_the_fifteenth_amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States,_and_for_other_purposes
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:United_States_federal_elections
gptkb:suffragist
gptkb:Women's_rights_movement
gptkb:Legal_history_of_the_United_States
gptkb:U.S._Senate_elections
gptkb:VRA
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