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.
The earliest superhero I could find reference to was Mandrake the Magician, who debuted in 1934, four years before Superman, who was probably the first popular superhero. Mandrake's super power was his ability to make people believe anything, simply by gesturing hypnotically.