ADOPT Resolution No. 2015/298 celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of August, 1965.
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The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted African Americans the right to vote in 1870, but there were many hurdles in place to restrict them from registering. Literacy tests and poll taxes were among the discriminatory tactics still used to suppress voting.
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