No, he did not. No, he did not. So what is. What did the removal of section 5 do? So let's take a step back. Historically, representation for African Americans was specifically excluded. They were excluded from voting, maybe not by a specific law, but by poll taxes or other things after Reconstruction. And we let that go for 80 years. Yeah, after 80 years, they passed the Voting Rights act to ensure that representation would be grant that people's voices would be heard in those communities. (01:17–01:35)
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Asserts that African Americans were historically excluded from voting through methods like poll taxes after Reconstruction.
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