Alpha 5 (voiced by Bill Hader) is not the only holdover in this slick repackaging of âMighty Morphin Power Rangers,â the shrill and unfathomably popular 1990s Fox Kidsâ series (adapted by Haim Saban from a Japanese TV show) about teenage superheroes in color-coded costumes.
The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson (1908-73) on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States.
Louisianaâs long ballot of elected executive officers was originall intended to weaken the governor âs office and to assure voter control over the individual officials. This practice, dating back to the 1800s, was adopted widely in the southern states.