The Civil Rights Act of 1960 provided for the appointment of referees to help African Americans register to vote. The 24th Amendment, adopted in 1964, barred poll taxes in federal elections. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed literacy tests in many southern states.
Mandrake the Magician created by Lee Falk in 1934 whose powers were those of hypnotism and illusion. [Superman was the first superhero prototype within the comics industry. â¦ ] First superhero to be created was Superman. Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Schuster in 1932.. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_Superman_created#ixzz1zyEbjUmt.
Alexander Joseph Lex Luthor is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, and is the archenemy of Superman. Lex Luthor was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, and first appeared in Action Comics #23 (April 1940).The character is a power-mad American billionaire, business magnate, gifted scientist, inventor, philanthropist to the city of Metropolis, and one of the most intelligent people in the world. Chris Noth portrays the Lex Luthor of a parallel universe (where the character is a superhero) in the animated DVD release Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. 2  Lex Luthor is also a playable character (sporting his trademark battle armor) in 2008's Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and in 2013's Injustice: Gods Among Us.