60 years ago today, U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It is a landmark U.S. federal statute that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
60 years ago today, U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law. It is a landmark U.S. federal statute that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Wikipedia
A full quarter of Democrats voted against it (26%) while only 2% of Republicans did.
If only half of Republicans had abstained (or just left town), it wouldn't have passed.
And good old boy racist LBJ only grudgingly signed it, as he was backed into a corner.
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78