LBJ and The Move To Change Society
Changing Society Since Day One
Voting
A formal indication of a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, expressed typically through a ballot or a show of hands or by voice.
Voting Rights Acts of 1965
In those years, African Americans in the South faced tremendous obstacles to voting, including poll taxes, literacy tests, and other bureaucratic restrictions to deny them the right to vote. They also risked harassment, intimidation, economic reprisals, and physical violence when they tried to register or vote. As a result, very few African Americans were registered voters, and they had very little, if any, political power, either locally or nationally.