Political leaders conspired to eliminate majority-Black districts, leading to the Voting Rights Act being passed at Lyndon B. Johnson's behest in 1965.
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Updated Jun 16
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What happened
Political leaders conspired to eliminate majority-Black districts, leading to the Voting Rights Act being passed at Lyndon B. Johnson's behest in 1965.
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The entities involved
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Mississippi River
primary river of the largest drainage basin in the United States
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Bennie Thompson
American politician (born 1948)