PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT DURING THE 1950S
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Detailed explanation-1: -Constitutional Amendments – Amendment 24 – “Elimination of Poll Taxes” Amendment Twenty-four to the Constitution was ratified on January 23, 1964. It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections.
Detailed explanation-2: -On this date in 1962, the House passed the Twenty-fourth Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86.
Detailed explanation-3: -Twenty Fourth Amendment Act, 1971: The Constitution (24th Amendment) Act was passed on November 15, 1971. With this modification, the Supreme Court’s ruling in I.C. Golak Nath v. The State of Punjab, which held that Parliament does not in any manner curtail fundamental rights, would be overturned.