part by: the california community foundation, building los angeles together; and the johnson family legacy scholarshipspaying it forward since 2017. ♪♪♪ male: congress passes the most sweeping civil rights bill ever to be written into the law. and thus reaffirms the conception of equality for all men that began with lincoln in the civil war 100 years ago. the negro won his freedom then; he wins his dignity now. pablo miralles: on july 2, 1964, president lyndon baines johnson