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1/10 🧵Experts in the study of democracy hold that the United States has only been a full-fledged democracy since the 1968 election.

âť“Why? Image
2/10 Why 1968?

It was the first time African-Americans could vote without traditional legal barriers.

Before then, voting while Black often meant navigating a gauntlet of literacy tests, poll taxes, and outright intimidation. Image
3/10 The landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 began dismantling these barriers.

It targeted racial discrimination in voting, ending practices that silenced many African-Americans.

But change wasn’t immediate. Image
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