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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which ended discriminatory tactics that made it difficult for African-Americans to vote. A new book, Jimmie Lee and James: Two Lives, Two Deaths, and the Movement that Changed America, tells the story of two of the unsung civil rights heroes who were pivotal in the passage of this landmark legislation.
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which ended discriminatory tactics that made it difficult for African-Americans to vote. A new book, Jimmie Lee and James: Two Lives, Two Deaths, and the Movement that Changed America, tells the story of two of the unsung civil rights heroes who were pivotal in the passage of this landmark legislation.
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