Voting Rights Act, 1965 (Edexcel A-Level History): Flashcards
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MS 1964 voter registration: white vs black %
MS 1964 voter registration: white vs black %
69.9% white, 6.7% black
Freedom Summer 1964 organizer
Freedom Summer 1964 organizer
SNCC
MFDP meaning
MFDP meaning
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Bloody Sunday date
Bloody Sunday date
7 March 1965
Selma to Montgomery march leaders
Selma to Montgomery march leaders
Martin Luther King and SCLC
Voting Rights Act signing month/year
Voting Rights Act signing month/year
August 1965
VRA: tests it outlawed
VRA: tests it outlawed
Literacy tests
VRA enforcement officials in discriminatory areas
VRA enforcement officials in discriminatory areas
Federal examiners
New black voters by end 1965
New black voters by end 1965
250,000
MS black registration % change: 1964 to 1969
MS black registration % change: 1964 to 1969
6.7% to 60.8%