THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965: Overview of Congressional Anti-Discrimination Efforts.

The article focuses on the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965, emphasizing its historical background, legislative evolution, and continuing role in combating racial and language-based discrimination in the United States' electoral process. It outlines how Congress enacted and amended the law to ensure equal access to voting, tracing its roots to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the long struggle against Jim Crow–era disenfranchisement.