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The right to vote for Black men in the former Confederacy was made possible by the 15th Amendment and protected by

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Voting rights Act of 1965

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome all legal barriers at the state and local levels that denied African Americans their right to vote under the 15th Amendment.

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