article_snippet: Television coverage of the event in 1965 triggered national outrage and eventually led Congress to pass the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965, which mandated federal oversight over elections in states with histories of discrimination.
article_snippet: the President   called on Congress to restore the Voting Rights Act, first passed in 1965.
article_snippet: In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the law that required certain states with a history of racial discrimination at the polls to "pre-clear" any changes to the law with the federal government before implementing the polls.
article_snippet: Efforts to revive key provisions of the Voting Rights Act have stalled in Congress.
highlights_snippet: President Obama calls for renewal of Voting Rights Act .
  