Laws and legislation
Introduction of H. R. 4425 to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Introduction of H.R. 4312, amendment to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to bilingual election requirements
Civil rights
Introduction of H.R. 12262 (H. R. 4249) to extend the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The 1965 Voting Rights Act
Regional indeed
Extension of Voting Rights Act H.R. 4249
Extending Voting Rights Act of 1965, H. Res. 914, H. R. 4249
Woman Looking at a Sample Voting Ballot
An African American woman reads a sample ballot during a class for new voters at an Alabama church. Civil rights groups held classes in Alabama and Mississippi about voting and registration after enactment of the Voting Rights Act.
Registrar Fills Out Form
Federal voter registrar Louis Searson fills out a form for a prospective Negro voter as others wait their turn in Canton, Mississippi. The Supreme Court returned to the bench on January 17th to hear a massive Southern challenge of the validity of the 1965 Voting...
