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Chain gang, 1903. Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty In 1965, the Voting Rights Act did what Congress had failed to do with Section 2 by finally protecting Black Southerners’ right to vote.

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Four and a half months later, the lanky Texan would return to the U.S. Capitol to sign the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, whose 50th anniversary is being celebrated this week.

The act was passed and signed in 1965, but it was a long time in the making. Its roots trace back to the end of Reconstruction. Federal troops withdrew from the South after the Compromise of 1877 ...

Re­pub­licans block bi­par­tisan agreement on John Lewis Voting Rights Act BY Justin Tasolides Washington, D.C. UPDATED 5:03 PM ET Nov. 03, 2021 ...