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1965

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Oppression
Malcolm X assassinated

The revolutionary leader is killed in Harlem, having reshaped Black political consciousness.

Resistance
Selma and Bloody Sunday

Marchers for voting rights are beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, spurring the Voting Rights Act.

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Key events

  1. March 7, 1965
    Selma and Bloody Sunday

    Marchers for voting rights are beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge, spurring the Voting Rights Act.

  2. August 6, 1965
    The Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Federal protection of the ballot finally enforces the 15th Amendment.

  3. February 21, 1965
    Malcolm X assassinated

    The revolutionary leader is killed in Harlem, having reshaped Black political consciousness.

  4. August 11, 1965
    The Watts uprising

    Six days of unrest in Los Angeles expose Northern racial inequality.

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