Essential Questions:
1. What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 say?
2. Why was the Voting Rights Act necessary? What effects has it had?
3. Why have some people challenged the Voting Rights Act in recent years?
4. How are voting rights threatened today? How can we protect those rights?
Sources to Explore:
- Signing the Voting Rights Act (1 1/2 minutes) and transcript of the video
- The Right to Vote (14 minutes) and transcript of the video
- Number of Black Legislators in the South (1868-1900 and 1960-1992) (PDF)
- Percentage of Registered Voters in Black Voting-Age Population (PDF)
- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (PDF)
- Supreme Court Re-Examines 1965 Voting Rights Act and transcript of the video
- Supreme Court Narrowly Allows 1965 Voting Rights Act to Stand and transcript of the video
- States With Voting Restrictions (PDF)
- Percentages of People Who Lack a Government-Issued Photo ID (PDF)
- Voting Issues Today (PDF)
Please explore these sources and posts your response to the essential questions in a blog post!