Which event most lastingly changed America?

On this day, 6 August,

1965, President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act.

1945, the U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.

1928, Andy Warhol is born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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4 Comments

Anne J

Aug 08, 2025

Or 6 August 2001 when Bush the Lesser chose to ignore a report that Osama bin Laden was planning a major terrorist attack in the United States.

ren

Aug 06, 2025

I'll go with the bomb. That genie is never going back in the bottle. The Voting Rights Act is being effectively stomped out now after only 60 years.

Aug 07, 2025

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"The [Supreme Court’s recent] order sent immediate shock waves through the voting rights community. The Court was announcing that it may strike down Section 2 of the VRA. With the Court-engineered demise of Section 5 twelve years ago, this move would leave the VRA an essential dead letter." —Harry Litman, https://harrylitman.substack.com/p/happy-birthday-now-prepare-to-die?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=3375056&post_id=170375993&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=7j6k9&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email