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title: "4 1965 Voting Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [President Lyndon Johnson's high spirits were marked as he circulated among the many guests whom he had invited to witness an event…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/president-lyndon-johnson-s-high-spirits-were-marked-as-he-circulated/)

[Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/)

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> [The Supreme Court 2013 ruling that gutted the 1965 Voting Rights Act set in motion what many feared: the subjection of minorities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-veasey/the-supreme-court-2013-ruling-that-gutted-the-1965-voting-rights-act/)

[Marc Veasey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-veasey/)

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> [“The 1965 Voting Rights Act greatly extended federal power in the United States. A frankly regional measure, it took aim at Deep…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-t-patterson/the-1965-voting-rights-act-greatly-extended-federal-power-in-the/)

[James T. Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-t-patterson/)

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> [Democrats and Republicans reauthorized the 1965 Voting Rights Act unanimously in 2006. In two rulings since then, the Supreme Court has taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-capehart/democrats-and-republicans-reauthorized-the-1965-voting-rights-act/)

[Jonathan Capehart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-capehart/)

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