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Facts

Also Known As	VRA
Date	August 6, 1965
Context	American civil rights movement

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Voting Rights Act

Voting Rights Act

Field Director Charles White of the NAACP speaks at a podium with microphones outside the U.S. Supreme Court, as a group behind him holds yellow NAACP signs.

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Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Martin Luther King, Jr. (center), with other civil rights supporters lock arms on as they lead the way along Constitution Avenue during the March on Washington, Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963.

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