The document discusses the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which aimed to overcome obstacles that prevented equal voting rights, especially for racial minorities. It includes quotes from Lyndon B. Johnson about writing equal rights into law, Martin Luther King Jr. calling voting the foundation for political action, Harvey Milk saying equality cannot be erased from America's core, and Macklemore advocating voting for love, equality, change and humanity.

1. THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF
1965
By: Jessica Mabry

2. “We have talked long enough in
this country about equal rights. We
have talked for a hundred years or
more. It is time now to write the
next chapter – and to write in the
books of law.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
November 27th, 1963

3. “VOTING IS THE FOUNDATION
STONE FOR POLITICAL ACTION.”
-Martin Luther King, Jr.

9. CURRENT OBSTACLES WITH

10. “All men are created equal. No matter how hard they
try, they can never erase those words. That is what
America is about.”
-Harvey Milk

11. “'Vote Love' means
vote equality. It
means vote
change. It means
vote what's right
for humanity.”
-Macklemore