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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 6, 2015
By: President Obama
Fifty years ago today, because of the sacrifice of countless men and women, that right was secured for more Americans.
On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law — breaking down legal barriers at the state and local level that had prevented African Americans and others from exercising…
