A law that banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, national origin, or religion in public places and most workplaces. Fannie Lou Hamer The daughter of Mississippi sharecroppers, would be their voice at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. In a televised speech that shocked the convention and viewers nationwide, Hamer described how she was jailed for registering to vote in 1962, and how police forced other prisoners to beat her. MAIN IDEAS Voting Rights Act of 1965 Civil rights activists broke through racial barriers…
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