Voting Rights Act of 1965

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
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Statements (48)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Shelby_County_v._Holder
gptkbp:amendedBy 1970
1975
1982
1992
2006
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:52_U.S.C._§§_10301–10314
gptkbp:cosponsor gptkb:Philip_Hart
gptkbp:dateEnacted August 6, 1965
gptkbp:effect federal oversight of elections in certain states
increased African American voter registration
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Justice
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Voting Rights Act of 1965
gptkbp:influenced subsequent voting rights legislation
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:VRA
gptkbp:passedHouseDate July 22, 1965
July 9, 1965
gptkbp:prohibits discriminatory voting practices
literacy tests for voting
voter intimidation
gptkbp:provides ban on poll taxes in state elections
bilingual election requirements
preclearance requirement
gptkbp:publicLawNumber 89-110
gptkbp:purpose prohibit racial discrimination in voting
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Selma_to_Montgomery_marches
gptkb:Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:section Section 2
Section 4
Section 5
Section 203
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
Capitol Rotunda
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:Emanuel_Celler
gptkbp:subjectOf books
documentaries
academic research
historical analysis
numerous Supreme Court cases
gptkbp:title gptkb:An_Act_to_enforce_the_fifteenth_amendment_to_the_Constitution_of_the_United_States,_and_for_other_purposes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African-American
gptkb:politics
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3