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About
Discrimination Against African Americans
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13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment
These amendments were enacted in the 1860s and put an end to slavery in the U.S. But, these amendments did not put an end to the discrimination against them.
Voting Rights Movement of 1965
After the amendments were enacted, polls and literacy tests were put into place in order for black voterrs to have a harder time to get to the ballot. But in 1965, the Voting Rights Act took place and made it illegal to discriminate using the poll tax and literacy tests. "Essentially, the majority concluded that the Voting Rights Act worked; the
Act ended the century of systematic suppression of the votes of African Americans, and the very increase in minority registration and turnout achieved by the Act eliminated the justification for special regulation of particular
jurisdictions" (Chin 1552-1553). Overall, the movement was successful and paved the path of equality for African Americans.
Act ended the century of systematic suppression of the votes of African Americans, and the very increase in minority registration and turnout achieved by the Act eliminated the justification for special regulation of particular
jurisdictions" (Chin 1552-1553). Overall, the movement was successful and paved the path of equality for African Americans.
Today
While the poll tax and literacy tests still remain illegal, discrimination still presents an issue in this country. With the growing of a digital age, African Americans can be targeted through their devices and given wrong information as to where and when elections will be taken place. Many politicians are fighting companies, like FaceBook, in order to make them track false posts from other politicians and more and have the companies delete the posts.
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