PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
PRESIDENT LYNDON B JOHNSON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Detailed explanation-2: -On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson came to the Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act.
Detailed explanation-3: -credit: Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library. On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights bill into law in a White House ceremony.
Detailed explanation-4: -By signing the Civil Rights Act in 1964 in the East Room of the White House, President Johnson helped eliminate voting discrimination against African Americans. The act also abolished racial discrimination in public facilities and in public education. Martin Luther King Jr.