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What was the voting rights Act

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Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, this Act took away barriers and/or restrictions to the African Americans at state and local levels for their right to vote
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Signed in 1965 at the height of the civil war by president lyndon b johnson the voting rights act prohibited racial discrimination at federal and state level voting.
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