Map Activity 1 for Chapter 28
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Map Activity 1 for Chapter 28
Figure 28.2: MAP 28.1 THE RISE OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTE, 1940–1976
Figure 28.2: Voting rates of southern blacks increased gradually in the 1940s and 1950s but shot up dramatically in the deep South after the Voting Rights Act of 1965 provided for federal agents to enforce African Americans' right to vote.