[President Johnson] said [in 1964], ‘...We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. We have talked for one hundred years or more. It is time now to write the next chapter, and to write it in the books of law’...a law that would ‘eliminate from this nation every trace of discrimination and oppression that is based upon race and color.’ a). Briefly explain one specific example of American citizens taking action to bring attention to the overall issue described in the passage above between the years 1954-1965.

b). Briefly explain a specific example of a new federal law from the 1960s that addressed the overall issue described in the passage above.

c). Briefly explain one specific example of either a CHANGE or a CONTINUITY about the overall issue described above between the years of 1965 and current times.