{"id":3877,"date":"2016-10-07T20:10:52","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T17:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/?p=3877"},"modified":"2016-10-27T20:11:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:11:31","slug":"the-voting-rights-act-of-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/the-voting-rights-act-of-1965\/","title":{"rendered":"The Voting Rights Act of 1965"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/main_area\/worksheets\/ib\/ib_civil_rights\/6_Legislative_Changes\/3_Voting_Rights_Act.docx\">Legislation 1965: The Voting Rights Act<br \/>\n<\/a>&#8220;The Voting Rights Act has recently been undermined by the case of Shelby County v. Holder (2013). Conduct some research into this case (including the article from The Guardian entitled \u2018Selma leaders lament voting rights losses at congressional award ceremony\u2019) to answer the question \u201cTo what extent has the long-term impact of the Voting Rights Act been undermined by recent events?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/Miscellaneous\/menus\/IB\/civil_rights\/\">Part of the complete scheme of work on the civil rights movement 1954-1965 at ActiveHistory<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Legislation 1965: The Voting Rights Act &#8220;The Voting Rights Act has recently been undermined by the case of Shelby County v. Holder (2013). Conduct some research into this case (including the article from The Guardian entitled \u2018Selma leaders lament voting rights losses at congressional award ceremony\u2019) to answer the question \u201cTo what extent has the&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/the-voting-rights-act-of-1965\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ib-history"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3875,"url":"https:\/\/www.activehistory.co.uk\/updates\/key-stage\/ib-history\/selma-marches-1965-online-simulation\/","url_meta":{"origin":3877,"position":0},"title":"Selma Marches 1965, Online Simulation","author":"Russel Tarr","date":"October 12, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Campaign 1965: Selma - The Simulation\u00a0[interactive] \"In this simulation you will learn about key figures involved in the struggle as events unfold step-by-step. 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