Prior to the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
a. northern blacks had not been allowed to vote in city elections.
b. Lyndon Johnson had not been a strong advocate of civil rights legislation.
c. the Republican Party had been the lone supporter of civil rights.
d. the vast majority of blacks in the South were denied the right to vote.
ANS: d
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