In the space of only a few months, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965. In an essay, describe the key provisions of each of these laws and analyze the degree to which these two pieces of legislation sought to remedy specific forms of state-sponsored discrimination and exclusion experienced by African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and/or Native Americans.
Having assessed the specific forms of discrimination and exclusion that these laws were designed to overcome, how successful would you say they were? Why do you believe the laws were successful and/or unsuccessful?
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