Answer:
The voting rights act of 1965 was a pivotal movement as it overcame the legal barriers at state and local level that prevented African Americans to vote.
Explanation:
Voting right; Act of 1965 was pivotal movement in civil rights movement as:
- It outlawed the discrimination prevailing in practice of voting. One of them being literacy rate as the prerequisite for voting.
- It overcame legal provisions that prevented African Americans from their voting right.
- Aimed to register all African Americans in the voting lists so that they can gain political power.
