Lyndon Johnson actually said...

Our Government has long been one avenue by which members of minorities have entered into full participation of our national life.

It is more than doing what is needed. It is doing what it right.

If our magnificent young men can die for freedom in a foreign land, how can we refuse any of them a full measure of freedom and opportunity ...

If members of minority groups can't be employed because they can't find housing, then we must find housing.