Read the following excerpt, taken from a speech made by President John 5 points F. Kennedy in 1963, then answer the question. "One hundred years of
delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs,
their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds
of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression.
And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until
all its citizens are free."-President John F. Kennedy, 1963 Which action was
taken by the U. S. government to correct the issues described in this
excerpt? *