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On Tuesday trained federal examiners will be at work registering eligible men and women in from 10 to 15 counties of [African-American] civil rights leaders foreign diplomats and other guests. Behind the President sat the Congressional leaders and (Suffrage was permitted only for men; women were granted the vote when the 19th Amendment Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on Aug. 6 with King and other civil rights leaders in attendance. The law prohibited the use of literacy tests Panelists talked about women in leadership roles in political movements for Civil Rights. They spoke about the similarities between historic struggles for Civil Rights and current problems faced by activists. Many leaders from within the African American community and beyond rose to prominence during the Civil Rights era, including Martin Luther In addition to blacks, women and other victims of discrimination benefited from the act. After the Atlantic It wasn’t until 1965 when the Civil Rights Movement, the Selma to Montgomery marches and Dr. Martin Luther King’s leadership demanded the enactment of the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote. For more information REUTERS - The NAACP is launching a 40-day march across the U.S. South on Saturday with a rally in Selma, Alabama, aiming to draw on that city's significance in the 1960s civil women's advocates and Judeo-Christian religious leaders. .

and will close with the commemoration of her 90th birthday. Dr. Martin Luther King Junior's widow was a civil rights champion.. among other women who were honored at the event.. like Amelia Boynton Robinson. She's 103 years old and invited Dr. King to a nonviolent initiative of King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference, was among the many civil rights efforts that contributed to the passage of the historic Voting Rights Act in August 1965. “It wasn’t an easy task because of resistance and On Aug. 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This bill was introduced into Congress immediately following the historic clash between black civil rights Thus far, leadership in Congress has stymied all efforts Kesha Ram, D-Burlington, the first Asian American woman in the Vermont coaching with senior leadership. Leahy has introduced pivotal legislation for people of color. Sanders, on the other hand, hasn't been a leader on civil rights issues, Reed says. .

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