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A demonstrator offering a flower to a military police officer, October 21, 1967

Essay

The Sixties

Forty years after it ended, the 1960s remains the most consequential and controversial decade of the...

Glossary Term – Event

Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited voting test requirements for African Americans and allowed for federal election supervision in places where African Americans had been prevented from voting.

Robert F. Kennedy, [Report to President John F. Kennedy regarding civil rights],

Primary Source

Robert Kennedy on civil rights, 1963

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Teaching Resource

The Civil Rights Revolution: Interpreting Statistics

African American Voting Registrations Questions to Think About What difference did the Voting Rights Act make in black voter participation? In which states was the impact greatest? Questions to...