Common Cause: 56th Anniversary of President Johnson Signing the Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 07, 2021
August 07, 2021
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSPol) -- Common Cause issued the following news release:
On this day 56 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, with Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at his side. Congress passed the legislation in response to a broad and diverse coalition of civil rights advocates' unrelenting calls for stronger voting rights protections.
The legislation was passed with a 77-19 vote in the U.S. Se . . .
On this day 56 years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law, with Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at his side. Congress passed the legislation in response to a broad and diverse coalition of civil rights advocates' unrelenting calls for stronger voting rights protections.
The legislation was passed with a 77-19 vote in the U.S. Se . . .