b) Voting Rights Act

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was landmark U.S. legislation that sought to enforce the 15th Amendment and eliminate barriers to voting for African Americans. This act outlawed discriminatory voting practices, such as literacy tests and poll taxes, which had been used to disenfranchise Black voters, particularly in the South. The act was a crucial achievement of the civil rights movement and significantly impacted the political landscape of the United States by ensuring fairer voting processes.