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Learn the story of a place through the people that represented it through history
Explore the vote records of the 54 men and women who have served as Speaker of the House
Visualize the 117th Senate and its members, and compare it with past congresses
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting by protecting voting rights. It banned poll taxes and literacy tests and required states with historians of Jim Crow discrimination to seek advance clearance before changing and requiring states with histories of Jim Crow discrimination to obtain advance clearance to change laws governing voting.
