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I believe the answer is: African American voter registration rates equaled white registration rates.
Prior to the voting right act of 1965, there was a barrier that prevent African American from exercising their right to vote.
The voting right act of 1965 banned every actions that initiated as a form of racial discrimination during the election, and it caused positive surge in African American registration rates.
Prior to the voting right act of 1965, there was a barrier that prevent African American from exercising their right to vote.
The voting right act of 1965 banned every actions that initiated as a form of racial discrimination during the election, and it caused positive surge in African American registration rates.
African American voter registration rates equaled white registration rates.
Further Explanation:
Voting Right act of United States is a landmark in the Federal legislation signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson on 6th August 1965 during the civil rights movement. The act laid emphasis on the prohibition of racial prejudice during voting. The act was guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments of the constitution of the United States and secured the voting rights of racial minorities. The act contains many provisions to regulate election and prohibits any state and local government from implementing any voting law so as to prevent any racial or lingual discrimination. The act provides some special provisions, according to which it prohibits any jurisdiction from enforcing any change in the voting policy before the preapproval of the U.S Attorney General. It also lingual provision to the voters by providing them with bilingual ballot and other eligibility requirements.
After the enforcement of the law in 1965, a gradual decrease in racial prejudice in voting was recorded. Around two hundred thousand African Americans registered out of which one-third was registered by the federal examiner and by 1967 the majority of the African Americans got registered for Voting. The act acted as the tool to challenge racial discrimination.
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Answer Details-
Grade: High School
Chapter: Voting Right act
Subject: History
Keywords: Voting Right, United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, Fourteenth, Fifteenth Amendments, lingual, discrimination, Attorney General, bilingual, ballot
