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Civil rights: How different is today from 1965?

March 30, 2012 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Civil Rights, Congress, Human Rights, Politics, Poverty, States, Voting/Elections, Women, Youth issues Leave a comment

The federal Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965. Ironically, it passed just a year after Republican Senator Barry Goldwater’s launched his southern strategy

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