ADWithin months, however, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, meant to end the obstacles preventing black people from voting. In the days since Lewis’s death, there have been renewed calls for Congress to act on voting rights. AD“An honor to his life would be that the Senate pass the voting rights act that they’re sitting on,” Bowser said. 4, the voting rights bill, after Lewis. Lewis is only the second black lawmaker to lie in state in the Capitol, after his close friend, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.

Source: Washington Post July 27, 2020 15:39 UTC