The 1965 Voting Rights Act, which did away with literacy tests and other voter registration tests, successfully narrowed the gap between white and African-American registration rates in the South.

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The 1965 Voting Rights Act prohibited voter registration tests, which had been used to keep African-Americans from voting. This led to a significant increase in African-American voter registration in the South, narrowing the gap between white and African-American registration rates.

The 1965 Voting Rights Act, Which Did Away with Literacy