The Voting Rights Act of 1965
- A
Was passed but never enforced, leaving Black voter registration in the South unchanged through the 1970s
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Banned discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests, dramatically increasing Black voter registration in the South
- C
Repealed the Fifteenth Amendment, returning voter qualification authority entirely to state governments
- D
Concerned only fair housing rules, banning racial discrimination by landlords across the United States
Explanation
Followed "Bloody Sunday" in Selma; the Supreme Court weakened it in Shelby v. Holder (2013).