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1924 The Indian Citizenship Act gives Native Americans, both male and female, U.S. citizenship, yet Native Americans will not be granted suffrage in every state until 1962.
1965–2006 The U.S. government passes legislation to protect the voting rights of minorities, Americans with disabilities, and other citizens who had encountered obstacles in exercising their freedom to vote.
1971 The voting age is dropped to eighteen in all fifty states.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CAT WINTERS is the author of In the Shadow of Blackbirds, which received three starred reviews and was a finalist for YALSA’s Morris Award for debut YA fiction. She grew up near Disneyland in Southern California. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her family.