The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibited racial discrimination in voting by protecting voting rights. It banned poll taxes and literacy tests and required states with historians of Jim Crow discrimination to seek advance clearance before changing and requiring states with histories of Jim Crow discrimination to obtain advance clearance to change laws governing voting.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, sex, and national origin in employment, accommodation, and education.
Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) became the first openly LGBT senator in 2012.
Before she became Vice President, Kamala Harris was the first South Asian-American woman elected to the Senate
