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04 purposes of this proceecing, = smost pertinent provisions are those -elating to (a) places of public accommodation, (b) equal empi.oyment opportunities, and {c) public facilities, As clearly en ae . i . os ’ : _ a8 vores cin say, these provisions reach any person and any action .* - . + So : | 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 ai scrimination 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 i deprive, any person of any right or privilege | - secured by section 2000a or 2000a-l1 of this | ‘ title, or (b}) intimiéete, threaten. or coerce, or attempt to intimiderce. threaten, or coerce any person with the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by section 2000a or 2000a-1 of this title, or (c) punish or attempt, to punish any person for exercising or attempting to exercise eny 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 groun of persons"; “Whenever the Attorncy Generel has reasonable cause to believe that anv <2rson or group of persons is engagec in = tavtarn or practice of resistance to the sil enjoyment of any of i. the rights secured by «his subchapter, and that the pattern or practice is of such a nature and is intended to deny the full exercise of the rights herein descrikec, the Attorney General may bring a civil ection requesting such preventive reliel, including an applica- tion for a permanent or ta.zorary injunction, restraining order or other order against the person or persons responsibie for such pattern or practice, as he deems necessary to insure the full enjoyment of che rights herein de- scribed." [Emphasis supplied, } , Section 20C0e-6 of Title VII, relecing to equal employment oppor- tunities, tracks the language of Section 2000a-5{a). This suit is not one to desecregate public facilities under Title VII of the Act. However, Secvion 2000-b is relevant, since it danonstrates again the bread Cosjcer: onal objective of authorizing the Actoxney General to sue zs Gefecdi..s “such parties as are or -:7-