In 1909 the National Association for the Advancement of colored people (NAACP) was made to help make blacks civil rights the same as whites. The Voting Rights Act was then sent to the congress. The act was signed by President Johnson on August 6, 1965. They had to have the senate, house of representatives to vote in favor or against the act.
The provisions of the act have been renewed at least four times. The dates that they were renewed in were 1970, 1975, 1982, and 2006. 41 years later (July 2006) after the voting rights is passed, renewal of the temporary provisions had a widespread support. Even so a number of Republican lawmakers tried to delay the renewal of the Act.
The bill to renew the act was passed by the house of representatives in the U.S. The votes favoring it and against it was 390 to 33. Most of the votes favoring it were from the support of the Republican House. President George W. Bush signed the bill on July 27 2006.
15th amendment
Section 1. Right To Vote
the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Section 2 Enforcement
The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
In todays words the 15th amendment today means that no one would be rejected because of their race, color, or if they were slaves or not. The congress has to make this law required by every person.