Congress Requires Bilingual Elections to Protect Minority Rights
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Human Rights Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Human Rights, Elections, Voting, Discrimination, Prejudice
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Latino History
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: August 6, 1975
Article abstract: Congress called for bilingual elections to promote increased voting participation by members of language minorities who had in the past been subjected to discrimination.
Summary of Event
In 1975, civil rights groups called for a ten-year extension of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. That law was considered to be the most effective civil rights legislation ever enacted. It was aimed at southern states where African Americans had been subjected to a long history of intimidation and violence at the polls. The right to vote had been denied...
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