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“ A S Mee :or ;urposes of this proceecing, ~ }most pertinent provisions are those :elating to (a) places of public accommodation, (b) equal ompioymens opportinicies, and (c)} public facilities... As clearly ah as vores cin say, these provisions reach any person and any action “that inter: eres with the enjoyment of civil rights secured by the: “Act. Thus, 42 U.S.C. §2000a-2 of Title II, is not limited to pro- -hibiting @iscrimination or segregation by the owner or manager of a place of public accommodation. The section provides: "No person shall (a) withhold, deny, or attempt — \ to withhold or deny, or deprive or attempt to ' deprive, any person of any right or privilege ‘ secured by section 2000a or 2000a-1 of this title, or (b) intimicete, threaten, or coerce, or attempt to intimicdece. threaten, or coerce any person with the purpose of interfering with, any tight or privilege secured by section 2000a or 2000a-1 of tnis title, or (c} punish or attempt. to punish any person for exercising or attempting to exercise zeny right or privi- lege secured by section 2000a or 2000a-1 of this title.” And to enforce the law, Section 2000a-5 (a) allows the Attorney General to sue “any person or grour of persons": “Whenever the Attcrnay Generéi has reasonable Gause to believe tha: anv :27s0n or group of persons is engaged in = sa:cern or practice of resistance to the 7211 enjoyment of any of a the rights secured by this subchapter, and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to dery the full exercise of the rights herein describec, the Attorney General may bring a civil ection requesting such preventive reliez, including an applica- tion for a permanent or tax>zorary injunction, restraining order or other order against the person or persons responsikbie for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of che rights herein de- seribed." [Emphasis supplies. ] ‘ Section 20CQ0e-6 of Title VII, relecing tc equal employment oppor- tunities, tracks the language of Séction 2000a-5(a). This suit is net one to desegregate public facilities under Title VII of the Act. However, Secvion 2000-b is relevant, since it demonstrates again the bread Co.ycec-s Lonel objective of authorizing the i.ttorney General to sue zs Gefc.cic.s "such parties as are or