The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Background and Overview

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Date: 2015-04-16 12:36:47 United States Reconstruction Era of the United States Voting Rights Act Radical Republicans Andrew Johnson Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Reconstruction Acts Freedman Disfranchisement Politics of the United States Reconstruction History of the United States		The Voting Rights Act of 1965: Background and Overview Add to Reading List Source URL: www.fas.org Download Document from Source Website File Size: 400,48 KB Share Document on Facebook

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