The 1965 Voting Rights Act Did Away with Literacy Tests

question 6

True/False

The 1965 Voting Rights Act did away with literacy tests because they were administered unfairly by local election administrators and were used primarily for the purpose of trying to deny voting rights to African Americans.

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