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What events led to the passage of the voting rights act of 1965

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The murder of voting-rights activists in Mississippi and the attack by state troopers on peaceful marchers in Selma, AL, gained national attention and persuaded President Johnson and Congress to initiate meaningful and effective national voting rights legislation.

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on march 7 1965 a group of African-Americans marched into selma, Alabama as a peaceful protest against voter suppression and was attacked by state troopers un what became known as a "bloody sunday" this series if events prompted Congress to draw up the voting rights act which led to lydon b

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