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Voting and Elections

Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (The Snyder Act)

Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 (The Snyder Act)

On June 2, 1924, Congress enacted the Indian Citizenship Act, which granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. The right to vote, however, was governed by state law; until 1957, some states barred Native Americans from voting. - Library of Congress

Voting Rights Act

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Please click through this box for a timeline of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. 

The Voting Rights Act is a historic civil rights law that is meant to ensure that the right to vote is not denied on account of race or color. -Timeline by  ACLU

The History and Legacy of Jim Crow Laws

The History and Legacy of Jim Crow Laws

Please click through this box for a short history of Jim Crow Laws in the United States. This is brief account will detail the Reconstruction era, the disenfranchisement Jim Crow laws caused, and modern forms of Jim Crow.  

Women's Right to Vote

A Timeline of Women's Suffrage In the United States Continued

Please click through this box for a short history of women's suffrage in the United States. In this condensed history, viewers will learn about activists such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Ida B. Wells. And their arduous fight for equal rights and pass the 19th amendment. - Timeline by Ballotpedia.org

A Latinx Voting Rights History

Please click through this box to view a history of the Latinx voting rights. 

Voting Rights: An Asian American Perspective Timeline

Voting Rights: History, Struggle, and Perseverance

The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by human beings for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison people because they are different from others.  -Martin Luther King