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The Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned racial discrimination in voting and dismantled devices like literacy tests.
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Literacy tests had disenfranchised Black voters for generations; federal enforcement finally arrived.
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The Act's coverage rules were later narrowed — *Shelby County v. Holder* (2013) is the case to know.