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For decades, the civil rights law has sometimes required states to draw one or more districts that would give Black or Latino voters a fair chance to “elect representatives of their choice.”

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It established a permanent federal office to support civil rights and help ensure that everyone could vote.

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It was the year of global protests against authoritarianism and the Vietnam War, with mass demands for civil rights.

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Bernie Sanders, Al Sharpton and half a dozen House members lavished praise on Jesse Jackson, the ailing civil rights and Democratic Party icon.

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Wallach, a criminal defense and civil rights attorney, told the Times that the court appointed cases make up around 50% of his practice.

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