Blog #2

In 1965, President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.  This act aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented African-Americans their right the to vote, under the 15^th Amendment, at state and local levels.   This act is considered to be one of the most influential pieces of civil rights legislation in United States history.  Giving African-Americans the right to vote was part of Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a completely equal nation.  He wanted everyone to have a say in who ran his or her city, state, and country.  I personally don’t believe that this act is under any type of danger to be changed and to put any minorities in danger of not being able to vote simply because it would be unconstitutional.  America prides itself on being the “land of the free” and with any changes to this act that statement would no longer be true.