The rights of African Americans to vote was passed at the 15th amendments. However these rights were fully secured the passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965.
<h3>Voting Rights Act of 1965</h3>
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is the legal framework passed by the US legislature which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
Prior to the passage of this right certain discriminatory voting practices were used mainly in the southern states such as literacy test to prevent African Americans from voting. These events happened after the civil war.
In 1968, during the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, governors gathered to discuss, once again, the future of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
There were two opposing groups. On the one hand, the ones who didn't want the U.S. to continue participating in the War, led by Eugene McCarthy. On the oher hand, the winning side, who supported the war, led by Hubert Humphrey.
As a result, that same day outside the Convention, thousands of antiwar activists gathered to protest and to show their respect for McCarthy. But they were not alone, because Richard Dale, who was the Major of Chicago by then, deployed thousands of police officers to alleviate the situation. The event ended up in a complete disaster: people beating each other and getting hurt. Therefore, this episode is also known as "the Battle of Michigan"
A democratic republic is a form of government operating on principles adopted from a republic and a democracy. Rather than being a cross between two entirely separate systems, democratic republics may function on principles shared by both republics and democracies.
