In response to a display of demonstrations across the nation, the 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed. This act prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin and banned segregation in public places and in the workplace.
The 1964 demonstrations also addressed the voting practices. As a result, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voter Rights Act into law in 1965, outlawing the use of discriminatory voting practices, including literacy tests.
“No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.”
-Voting Rights Act of 1965, Section 2
The following video is an in depth description of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of1965.