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…showed last 75 words of 411 total…In 1965 congress passed another bill that rid states of all laws prohibiting African Americans from casting their vote in all public elections. Conclusion: Martin Luther King Jr. fought for the rights of African Americans in peaceful ways up until the point of his death in 1968. King should always be remembered as the most influential leader who tried to instill within blacks power and strength so they could rise above all the hatred that surrounded them.