Thursday, August 6, 2015

The 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act

In 2005, The Economist did this piece about the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act which was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It still remains a landmark piece of legislation that furthered the cause of racial equality in the U.S. Since the Economist piece, the U.S. did get a black president; although not Condoleezza Rice as they predicted.

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